More than 80% of all citizens killed by police in Colorado from 2014 through the end of last year were armed, usually with a gun. Eighty-six percent were high on drugs or alcohol, with methamphetamine showing up in an astonishing 44% of total cases.
Colorado Public Radio reporters, who compiled those statistics, noted how meth, in particular, “dramatically increases your chances of being killed in an encounter with police. . . The reason seems clear in reviewing the prosecutors’…
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