More than 500 people have been shot and killed by officers in America so far this year. We know, because the internet is counting. Police in riot gear stand guard after deploying tear gas to disperse protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014. (Adrees Latif / Reuters) Updated on July 7 at 10:05 a.m. ET It wasn’t until recently that it became easy to find a number to go with the gruesome reality tha
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