By the way...
While we're talking about it...
Hardly anyone is killed by a cop (990 in 2015 and mostly white people).
Hardly any cops are murdered. 129 died in the line of duty in 2015, 55 to some sort of assault (maybe not all murder).
The numbers are almost small enough to be statistical noise.
Sure, if it's YOUR anyone or YOUR cop, it's big news. On a national scale with 300 plus million people going about their lives, it's machts nichts.
To theBureau of Land Management Black Lives Matter crowd, if you want to save black lives; stop shooting each other.
14,429 people were murdered in the US in 2014. So 14,374 people who aren't cops.
What are the rates?
There are over 900,000 sworn officers in the US. So the attacked and killed rate is less than 6.11 per 100,000.
There are 318.9 million people in the US. So the murder rate is 4.52 per 100,000. The killed by the cops rate is 0.31 per 100,000.
We've a shit load more to fear from our fellow citizens than we do the cops. Even if we don't like or trust the government.
While we're talking about it...
Hardly anyone is killed by a cop (990 in 2015 and mostly white people).
Hardly any cops are murdered. 129 died in the line of duty in 2015, 55 to some sort of assault (maybe not all murder).
The numbers are almost small enough to be statistical noise.
Sure, if it's YOUR anyone or YOUR cop, it's big news. On a national scale with 300 plus million people going about their lives, it's machts nichts.
To the
14,429 people were murdered in the US in 2014. So 14,374 people who aren't cops.
What are the rates?
There are over 900,000 sworn officers in the US. So the attacked and killed rate is less than 6.11 per 100,000.
There are 318.9 million people in the US. So the murder rate is 4.52 per 100,000. The killed by the cops rate is 0.31 per 100,000.
We've a shit load more to fear from our fellow citizens than we do the cops. Even if we don't like or trust the government.