ANALYSIS. Why is it that an American is ten times more likely to die from police brutality than a Belgian? | Abroad

The United States is once again under the spell of police brutality. Why is it that a citizen there is ten times more likely than in Belgium to be killed by the police? Because of the free possession of weapons, which also puts police officers in great danger? Are they poorly trained or are they simply incorrigible machos? A little bit of all that, concludes sociologist Paul J. Hirschfield in a recent study.