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Law enforcement, some unanswered questions.

Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most. How many Americans are killed by police every year? Who are they? Are the

incidents justified? Nobody knows the answers to those questions. Some 18,000 law enforcement

agencies are asked to report to the FBI, but it's voluntary. They don't have to if they don't

want to. Two U.S. senators are proposing new rules for accountability, but there's dispute about whether

that's a good idea.

Would an accurate national database help to improve law enforcement or generate unwarranted

federal power over local police?

Today's talking point, Russia's massive disinformation campaign for American audiences on the Internet.

First, here's the news.

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comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund. Hello again,

Warren. I'll be back with To the Port. The FBI says police kill about 500

people a year in the United States. Two newspapers report, though, it's at least twice that many.

The truth is, nobody knows. Do we need new rules to establish accountability?

Today's talking point, reports of a chemical disaster in Louisiana turned up on the internet,

including photos of an explosion and thick black smoke. ISIS was said to be claiming credit,

but it was all a fake, apparently generated from Russia. We'll hear about that. First, this news

update. After weeks of political wrangling, the USA Freedom Act was passed and signed into law

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