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Police called to yoga class mistaken for ‘mass killing’ (www.theguardian.com)

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A member of the public in Chapel St Leonards, Lincolnshire, called emergency services to report people lying on the floor

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[-] livus@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

They didn't make a false report on purpose. And their police mostly don't kill people.

Last time I checked the stats the per capita (%) US rate of gun deaths from police shootings alone was higher than the entire gun homicide rate for Europe.

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