U.S. Police Officer Shooting Deaths Up 56 Percent in 2014: Report

[MarcoPolo]

Shooting deaths of members of the U.S. law-enforcement community spiked by 56 percent in 2014 over last year, including more than a dozen ambush attacks against officers, according to new data released Tuesday — on a week that will be bookended by funerals for slain cops.NBC

 

[DeniseNY]

Blue lives matter

 

[GaryTaylor]

15 killed in ambush attacks which increased the most, from 5 last year to 15 this year.

 

[SWolf]

Shooting deaths of members of the U.S. law-enforcement community spiked by 56 percent in 2014 over last year, including more than a dozen ambush attacks against officers, according to new data released Tuesday — on a week that will be bookended by funerals for slain cops.NBC

It’s still at one of the lowest rates in 50 years, only 2013 being lower.

To put things more in perspective, an officer is more likely to commit suicide than have a thug shoot him.

I feel more for the loggers, constructions workers, etc. that have many more deaths on the job. There’s never a big city parade when the people who build our houses and keep us warm die.

Every death is tragic, but let’s not make bad policy by sensationalism that only caters to our emotions.

 

[J_Peterson]

Anti-Police sentiment is strong. Most of the problem is the Sovereign Citizens movement (I think of it as radical libertarianism).

thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/11/25/sovereign-citizens-are-america-s-top-cop-killers.html#

 

[MarcoPolo]

I feel more for the loggers, constructions workers, etc. that have many more deaths on the job. There’s never a big city parade when the people who build our houses and keep us warm die.

Every death is tragic, but let’s not make bad policy by sensationalism that only caters to our emotions.

A 56% rise in police officers murdered is not an emotional thing. It’s statistical data. If 56% of logger deaths suddenly spiked, I would think the logger industry would try to figure out what was the problem this year versus last. It would seem silly to shrug it as inconsequential.

 

[SWolf]

A 56% rise in police officers murdered is not an emotional thing. It’s statistical data. If 56% of logger deaths suddenly spiked, I would think the logger industry would try to figure out what was the problem this year versus last. It would seem silly to shrug it as inconsequential.

Not if you look at averages

abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/report-gun-deaths-officers-jump-56-percent-27895199

“In 2011, 73 officers were killed in gunfire, the most in any year in the past decade. The average since 2004 is 55 police deaths annually.”

 

[MarcoPolo]

Not if you look at averages

abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/report-gun-deaths-officers-jump-56-percent-27895199

“In 2011, 73 officers were killed in gunfire, the most in any year in the past decade. The average since 2004 is 55 police deaths annually.”

The ambush attacks tripled though. And what would explain the years where it was up? In a year where the media marketed police as the enemy, are we supposed to think this is just another day at the office?

 

[SWolf]

The ambush attacks tripled though. And what would explain the years where it was up? In a year where the media marketed police as the enemy, are we supposed to think this is just another day at the office?

Again, compare it to previous years.

cnn.com/2013/04/06/us/law-officers-ambush-killings/

“The FBI counted 15 officer deaths by ambush in each year of 2011, 2010 and 2009, and said that ambush situations were the biggest category of circumstance behind 543 officers feloniously killed between 2002 to 2011: 23.2%.”

 

[BlueKnight]

Anti-Police sentiment is strong. Most of the problem is the Sovereign Citizens movement (I think of it as radical libertarianism).

thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/11/25/sovereign-citizens-are-america-s-top-cop-killers.html#

Sovereign Citizens Movement responsible? Seriously? When the FBI first came out with that story they said there where only a few thousand people who fit that category. Overnight they increased those numbers by tenfold. How many real so called sovereign citizen violent actions have their really been? Do you have the numbers to back up your claim?

I have heard of only one such case my entire life.

I think violence in America is at an all time high. We have the most violent culture in history with its violent movies, video games, and music. Lots of studies show this is at the heart of the issue. Worse still our games teach real combat tactics and deadliness with firearms. You never heard about school shootings in the 70s. There is something seriously wrong with America but it is not because if the tea party movement, libertarians, or constitutionalsits.

I recommend the book “on combat” by David Grossman for a better understanding of the problem of violence in america.

From what I understand the most civilian casualties have been from governments against their own people.

Honestly folks, we have a serious violence issue in America and disinformation issue.

 

[SWolf]

I think violence in America is at an all time high. We have the most violent culture in history with its violent movies, video games, and music. Lots of studies show this is at the heart of the issue. Worse still our games teach real combat tactics and deadliness with firearms. You never heard about school shootings in the 70s. There is something seriously wrong with America but it is not because if the tea party movement, libertarians, or constitutionalsits.

I recommend the book “on combat” by David Grossman for a better understanding of the problem of violence in america.

It isn’t. People just believe it is.

gallup.com/poll/150464/americans-believe-crime-worsening.aspx

" Since then, violent crime victimization has dropped an additional 40%, descending to 15 crimes per 1,000 in 2010. The trend in property crime has also declined over this period, falling by 28%."

From what I understand the most civilian casualties have been from governments against their own people.

Yup.

usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/11/police-killings-hundreds/18818663/

“The number of felony suspects fatally shot by police last year — 461— was the most in two decades, according to a new FBI report.”

Honestly folks, we have a serious violence issue in America and disinformation issue.

Disinformation issue, yes. Violence by police issue , yes.

 

[BlueKnight]

Spoke with a police officer and he confirmed that the sovereign citizen movement is pretty big and bad. In particular in Kentucky and North Carolina.

He wasn’t sure how many actual violent crimes were committed by this group. Sounds like a very odd bunch.

 

[MarcoPolo]

Again, compare it to previous years.

cnn.com/2013/04/06/us/law-officers-ambush-killings/

“The FBI counted 15 officer deaths by ambush in each year of 2011, 2010 and 2009, and said that ambush situations were the biggest category of circumstance behind 543 officers feloniously killed between 2002 to 2011: 23.2%.”

So what happened in 2013 when it was only 5? And are we to believe that the media’s presentation of rioting crowds chanting for the death of police is a non-factor?