Police death line of duty

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  1. ARDY

    ARDY Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Given all the controversy of black lives matter
    And the suggestions that police are being gunned down because of blm
    I was a bit surprised to read

    Before Monday's shootings, 123 law enforcement officers had been killed in the line of duty in the United States in 2015, compared with 133 in 2014, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page, a nonprofit organization "dedicated to honoring America's fallen law-enforcement heroes."

    Excluding accidental shootings, 36 police officers in the United States had been killed by gunfire this year before the killings in Puerto Rico, compared with 47 last year, the organization said.

    So... Actually fewer cop killings this year
    Kinda surprising
    And makes one wonder if the allegations against blm are just invented bs
    Because it does not seem to be founded in any fact
     
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    In general, being a cop is not nearly as dangerous as the hype, in 2014 there were 51 felonious killings of cops which is what people would consider "in the line of duty". The rest were deaths while at work - car accidents, falls, even heart attacks.

    51 is a small number, a small change in such a small number is not significant statistically. But a downward change does not mean BLM is not causing cops to be killed, just that nationally fewer cops were killed.
     
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    ARDY Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    When the number of cops beng killed decreases by 20%
    It is pretty hard to find a basis for blaming blm for increased cop kllings
    Although technically you are correct that there may have been some very small impact
    But certainly nothing to justify a mass media hysteria about blm
     
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    Utah Officer Fatally Shot...
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    Utah Officer Fatally Shot After Confrontation
    January 17, 2016 - Unified Police Officer Doug Barney was fatally shot and another officer was wounded by a suspect who was killed in a shootout Sunday.
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    Jan 15, 2016 - The body of a deputy in Webster County, Louisiana was found in a shallow grave in a wooded area behind her house on Monday.
     
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    There is a big difference between wounded or killed in a shoot out, vs wounded or killed by assassination.

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    BLM is "calling" for the killing of cops. Any deaths associated with that type of behavior is unprecedented.
     
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    Police officer targeted and killed in Ohio...
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    Ohio Officer Found Dead; Suspect Arrested
    Jan 18, 2016 -- A police officer in the Knox County village of Danville was shot and killed just before midnight Sunday by a man who reportedly was looking to kill the officer.
     
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    Officer Thomas Cottrell was 'Light That This World Needed'...
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    Officer was 'Light That This World Needed'
    January 23, 2016 - Officer Thomas Cottrell was a small-town man, doing what small-town men do.
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    January 21, 2016 - Authorities say that Michael Paul Koch shot and killed Smith County Constable’s K-9 Ogar Tuesday.
     
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    Death penalty on the table for cop killer...
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    February 2, 2016 — A Knox County grand jury returned a 10-count indictment Monday that included death penalty specifications in last month's assassination-style shooting of Danville Police Officer Thomas Cottrell. The death penalty case would be the first in Knox County since 2006.
     
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    Man who killed K-9 officer is shot dead...
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    Law enforcement agencies salute fallen K-9 officer
    February 4, 2016 --Port Authority K-9 Officer Aren, killed in the line of duty Sunday, was memorialized this morning by scores of police officers, dozens of fellow dog officers, and citizens.
     
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    Officer trying to serve warrant in Oregon killed...
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    Oregon Officer Fatally Shot Serving Warrant
    February 6, 2016 - Seaside Police Sgt. Jason Goodding was shot and killed while serving a warrant to a suspect, who was fatally wounded by another officer Friday.
     
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    Rest in Peace, Jason.
     
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    51 cops killed by violence, that is about equal to the amount of people who died as result of cops using supposedly non lethal tazers on them.

    All in all the cops killed about 1000 Americans last year. 33 while in custody.

    Police in the US kill people at a rate of 70 times the rate of other 1st world countries.

    In Norway, the last time a police officer shot and killed somebody was in 2006.

    Police in the US kill more people in 24 days than England and Wales have killed in 24 years.

    German Police killed 15 people over 2 years, the US Police killed 2000 in that same time.

    Clearly our system is broken and we have more to fear from government and police than we do from terrorist's and criminals.
     
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    Cops are being hunted...
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    5 U.S. law enforcement officers shot dead within days
    11 Feb.`16 Gunfire claimed the lives of at least five on-duty officers in an unusually deadly week for U.S. law enforcement. In four days, five officers were killed in the line of duty in shootings around the country, more than doubling the number of officers who have died by gunfire so far this year.
     
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    Five police officers downed in 4 days...
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    Shot Fargo Officer Succumbs to Wounds
    Feb 11, 2016 -- A police officer shot while responding to a domestic dispute call to a home near downtown Fargo has died, authorities said Thursday afternoon. Before dawn Thursday, that the gunman was found by officers shot to death in his residence.
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    Canadian officer shot responding to a domestic violence call...
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    Canadian Officer Fatally Shot; Gunman Dead
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    Responding to a domestic-related shooting...
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    Rookie Virginia Officer Killed, Two Others Shot
    February 27, 2016 - Prince William County Police Officer Ashley Guindon, who was sworn in on Friday, was killed while responding to a domestic-related shooting.
     
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    Suspect stole fallen officer's bicycle...
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    Prince William County Police Officer Ashley Guindon laid to rest...
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    Services Held for Fallen Virginia Police Officer
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    Here is the video of her funeral procession

    [video=youtube;XlInJ0o-fVE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlInJ0o-fVE[/video]
     
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    Euliss, Texas Officer Killed in Shootout
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    Texas Officer, Suspect Killed in Shootout
    March 1, 2016 - An Euless officer died after a gunfight Tuesday with a suspect who was fatally shot by police.
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    The good die young...
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    Officer a 'peacemaker' who accomplished much in short life
    March 2, 2016 — A woman killed on her first shift after being sworn in as a police officer was remembered Tuesday as a peacemaker and someone who accomplished much in her short life.
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    Shooter took a position of cover to gun down officer...
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    Texas Chief: Slain Officer Was Ambushed
    March 3, 2016 - Euless Police Chief Michael Brown said that Jorge Brian Gonzalez took a "position of cover" in a drainage ditch to ambush responding officers.
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    10,000 cops can die in the line of duty and most of you would say its not a dangerous job or they deserved it or they kill more innocent people blah blah blah.
     
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    How many of those deaths are directly or indirectly related black lived matter
     
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    Maryland officer killed in attack on station...
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    Maryland Police Officer Dies in Attack at Station
    March 13, 2016 - Prince George's County Police Officer Jacai Colson was fatally shot at the department's District 3 station in an unprovoked attacked Sunday.
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