Ask the wrong questions, and the answers no longer matter. This post makes no implication on the justification or not, takes no position on guilt or innocence, and is not pro or anti-police. Here are the statistics on police homicides in the United States. These are just the facts. Number of Law Enforcement Officers employed: 780,000 Current US Population: 316 Million Homicides by police in 2014: 1,065 US Homicides in total, latest data: 16,238 US officers make up 1/405th of US population. US officers account for approximately 1/15th of all homicides in the US per year. US officers killed in the line of duty in 2014: 113 Homicides against US officers in 2014: 61 Job Fatality Rate (Fatalities per 100,000 full-time workers): Logging Workers 91.3, Fishing workers 75.0, Aircraft pilots and flight engineers 50.6, Roofers 38.7, Refuse and recyclable collectors 33.0, Mining machine operators 26.9, Driver/sales workers and truck drivers 22.0, Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers 21.8, Electrical power line installers and repairers 21.5, Construction laborers 17.7, Police officers 11.1. (Data variance +/- 5%) You are entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts. . Sources: (Source 1: BLS bls.gov/ooh/protective-service/police-and-detectives.htm) (Source 2: Census census.gov/popclock/) (Source 3: Killedbypolice.net, verified by fivethirtyeight/datalab/another-much-higher-count-of-police-homicides/) (Source 4: CDC cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htm) (Source 5: Officer Down Memorial Page odmp.org/search/year/2014) (Source 6: BLS bls.gov/iif/oshcfoi1.htm) Source 7: FEE fee.org/blog/detail/by-the-numbers-how-dangerous-is-it-to-be-a-cop)
Posted on: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 19:31:14 +0000
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