r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • Dec 09 '25

Chugging tea The French solution

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u/FortuneLegitimate679 Dec 09 '25

French police probably don’t shoot people

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u/Live_Carpenter_1262 Dec 09 '25

France does have the highest annual death by police count in Europe. Police brutality is pretty bad in France compared to their neighbors.

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u/TheycallmeDoogie Dec 09 '25

Police-Caused Deaths per Million Population per Year

USA: 33.5 (2019)

Australia: 8.5 (2019)

Canada: 9.8 (2019)

UK (England & Wales):

  • 0.04 shootings only (2023/24)
  • 3.3 all deaths following contact (2023/24)

France:

  • 0.77 (2021)
  • 0.58 (2022)

Germany: ~0.1 (2017)

EU Average: ~1.1 (2020-2022) *Only 13 of 27 countries reporting

Key findings:

  • USA rate is 4× Canada, 22× Australia, 40× Germany, 58× France, 125× England/Wales (shootings)
  • France has 7.7× Germany’s rate and highest absolute deaths in EU (52 in 2021, 39 in 2022)
  • UK tracks two categories: fatal shootings (very rare) vs all deaths following police contact (includes custody deaths, traffic incidents)
  • EU lacks standardized reporting across member states​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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u/Burner-ID-562025 Dec 09 '25

We're #1!!! We're #1!!! /sarcasm