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> Is this a normal rate of suicide in these circumstances?

Absolutely not.

For real numbers:

> For 2019, the [Blue HELP] calculated the officer suicide rate at 22.4 per 100,000 population.[1]

...and that is an annual rate.

> Is there anything to indicate that these are instead murders in order to hide something?

No, there is nothing to indicate that.

[1] https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/24/facebook-p...



> No, there is nothing to indicate that.

Agreed. I'm noticing this idea floated throughout this thread and it's extremely alarming. There's nothing to suggest that any of the officers died under suspicious circumstances, nobody ever supplies any evidence supporting that theory, they're "just asking questions."

After years of watching as ostensibly reasonable people get mired in ever-increasingly insane conspiracy theories I'm incredibly worried to see them introduced to an already dangerously volatile situation. The Jan 6 riots wouldn't have even happened if not for the pervasiveness of the lie that the election was stolen. I really, really wish people would think more carefully before speaking this way.




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