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    Eighty-six killed by police in two years over fake guns

    Police across the nation say that more and more they are encountering people with ultra-real looking weapons. In just two years there have been 86 deaths in police killings of people brandishing very realistic replica guns.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Barbara Bogaev • Dec 19, 2016 • 1 min read

    Police across the nation say that more and more they are encountering people with ultra-real looking weapons. In just two years there have been 86 deaths in police killings of people brandishing very realistic replica guns.

    John Sullivan is an investigative reporter for the Washington Post, which has embarked on the first investigation into the problem in 25 years, since Congress tried to address the issue of police violence involving toy guns.

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      Barbara Bogaev

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Paul von Zielbauer

      Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times

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      John Sullivan

      Washington Post

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