US Did Not Murder 38 Million People from 1971 to 2021
“From 1971 to 2021, the U.S. murdered 38 million people." "38 million.”
Summary
The United States has not caused 38 million deaths between 1971 and 2021; documented war and homicide statistics show casualties in the hundreds of thousands, and the 38 million figure cited in recent data refers to people displaced, not murdered. Consequently, the statement is inaccurate.
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- American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
U.S. casualty statistics are information on war fighters who have fallen in global or regional conflicts involving the United States. The data are gathered on deceased, wounded, ill, or injured active duty U.S. military personnel and Guard/Reservists.
- FastStats - Homicide
Suicide and Homicide Death Rates Among Youth and Young Adults Ages 10–24: United States, 2001-2021
- U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs
2021 was collected through the SHR.
- Trump's Bogus Attack on FBI Crime Statistics - FactCheck.org
Former President Donald Trump said FBI data that show homicides and other violent crimes trending down are "fake numbers." They're not.
- How many Americans have died in U.S. wars? | PBS News
Nearly 500,000 military personnel died during the U.S. Civil War. That’s almost half of all Americans who have ever died during wartime, and more than a hundred times more than died during the American Revolution, according to the latest estimates ...
- STATISTICS OF AMERICAN GENOCIDE AND MASS MURDER
I have separated the United States ... Americans killed in wars or foreign military violence during this century (lines 2 to 41), which overall total 633,000 dead....
- Human | Costs of War | Brown University
Costs of War research examines the human toll of U.S. military operations and spending, for U.S. service members, veterans, military contractors, and allies; and for civilians killed and displaced.
- Civilians Killed & Displaced | Costs of War | Brown University
Over the course of the post-9/11 wars, over 38 million people in from Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, the Philippines, Libya, and Syria were displaced, either abroad or within their own countries.
- American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics - UNT Digital Library
This report provides U.S. war casualty statistics compiled from various Department of Defense (DOD) sources (listed at end). The first data table lists the number of casualties among American military personnel who served in principal wars and combat operations from 1775 to the present.
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