I&#x27;ll agree that all 4 of your non-provocative behaviors should not escalate a situation to the level of deadly force being required.  I specifically asked for examples from the list, because the list seems designed to support a very specific thesis, one that you expressed in this comment:<p><pre><code>    &gt; It happens far too frequently that Americans are killed 
    &gt; by police firearms when they are not posing an immediate 
    &gt; and credible mortal threat.
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&quot;far too frequently&quot; is a fuzzy number, one that&#x27;s hard to agree on.  How many unjustifiable deaths per year is that?  I believe the data in this article is intended to be used as a stand-in for that figure, and I posit that the actual number is <i>dramatically lower</i> than the fuzzy number everyone has in their heads.<p>If you want to really shut up the naysayers, try showing this data:<p><pre><code>    Interactions between civilians and LEOs:  __________
    Of those, how many involved physical force? __________
    Of those, how many resulted in fatalities? __________
    Of those, how many were unjustifiable? __________
    Of those, how many went unpunished? __________
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If that last number is more than a handful a year in the US, I&#x27;d be shocked, outraged, and offended.  And certainly we should be shocked, outraged and offended for each individual incident of that last kind no matter how many others there are.<p>That being said, if you want to claim that we need &quot;a civil, national conversation&quot; about this, I think the onus should be on you to prove that the last number above has risen to a national crisis level.  Maybe it has, but I don&#x27;t think this article (or even your 4 examples) makes a very good case for it.