Police killings highest in two decades

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The overall murder rate in the US is down, but police killings hit a two-decade high in 2013. The number, 461, is almost certainly a under-estimation because departments voluntarily submit data for the this count.
 
The fruit of having an “armed society.”

What a price to pay for a sense of empowerment.

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GEddie said:
The fruit of having an “armed society.”

What a price to pay for a sense of empowerment.

ICXC NIKA
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I’d argue it has less to with the “armed” part and more to do with the “society” part.
 
More people are beginning to video tape police and I think that’s a good thing.
 
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Looks like 99 officers have died in the line of duty this year, with roughly half being attributable to criminals. So it looks like police officers are killed at a much lower rate by criminals than the police kill people (only some of the people the police kill are criminals).
 
I wonder how often police officers are sent to prison for crimes against citizens ? I think in the murders of Kelly Thomas and James Boyd, that the officers involved should be serving long jail sentences.
 
Maybe the murder rate is down BECAUSE police are being more proactive about taking out the trash.🤷
 
A statistic like the one above is worthless. It doesn’t show anything. The statistic does not reflect how many were found justified or not, nor does it indicate how many were the direct result of assaults on officers or others.

It’s getting more and more dangerous to be a peace officer and police are bbeing attacked at a absurdly high rate. Thank God for these heroes who put their lives on the line everyday to protect you and me.
 
redbaron162 said:
A statistic like the one above is worthless. It doesn’t show anything. The statistic does not reflect how many were found justified or not, nor does it indicate how many were the direct result of assaults on officers or others.

It’s getting more and more dangerous to be a peace officer and police are bbeing attacked at a absurdly high rate. Thank God for these heroes who put their lives on the line everyday to protect you and me.
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Correct.
 
redbaron162 said:
It’s getting more and more dangerous to be a peace officer and police are bbeing attacked at a absurdly high rate. Thank God for these heroes who put their lives on the line everyday to protect you and me.
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Actually being a police officer is not even in the top 10 most dangerous jobs. Garbagemen actually have the most dangerous government job. Many police officers, I think most, who die at work die from some cause other than violent assault such as traffic accidents.

And a clarification, police agencies have consistently maintained, and the courts upheld, that the police have no duty to protect anyone. This is different than a private security company you can contract with. If the private security company failed in some way to protect you then you could recover damages in court. If the police fail to protect you in some way they are not liable.
 
Yet consider the following, Noone is trying to kill garbage men. There is a drastically different stress level. Which is why many officers often die of heart attacks or most unfortunately, suicide. Take the greatly unpredictable nature of the job in addition to the other hassals; liability, trying to navigate and put into practice criminal law, mandatory overtime, long shift work, etc…

No combine that with that factor that you never know if the person in the car you just pulled over or the house you were called to might very well try to kill you…

Now try to compare that to garbage men. …
 
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