# Why are police so quick to kill?

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**Created:** [May 30, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-police-so-quick-to-kill/787689 "2017-05-30T00:48:32Z")\
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> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#):
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> Which of those steps failed in the murder of Philando Castile? Which one failed in the murder of Tamir Rice? Which one failed in the murder of Terence Crutcher?

None of them were murdered. In two cases there were trials that determined that, and in the case of Rice there was not enough evidence to go to trial.

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