All this talk about law enforcement being killed in the line of duty

[dflprincess]

no mention of killings by law enforcement and certainly no mention of the little MAGAt who killed two protesters.

[dchill]

1. "...no mention of killings by law enforcement..." is the point.

[StClone]

2. So far in a year it's been 1,109-Serve and protect?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/investigations/police-shootings-database/

[bullwinkle428]

3. Or the cops that were shot by white supremacists? That little fact was left out of the story

about the cop that was killed, presented a couple of nights ago.

[catrose]

4. Yes, as far as I know, the last cop killing was by a Boogaloo Boy

[Cicada]

5. Police 14 deaths per 100,000

14 deaths per full time equivalency, I.e. 40 hours. They work a lot of overtime so that makes it look worse. I bet most of the deaths are from car crashes. Traveling salesmen die because of car crashes. Doesn’t sound that dangerous to me.

[MarcA]

6. When LEO is killed something is done about it, when LEO does the killing not so much. n/t

[rockfordfile]

7. I agree

[liberaltrucker]

8. My former occupation is far more hazardous than LE

6. Driver/sales workers and truck drivers

Fatal injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers: 26
Total fatal injuries: 966
Most common fatal accidents: Transportation incidents
Total non-fatal injuries: 78,520
Median annual wage: $24,700
Number of workers: 414,860

Law enforcement isn't even in the top 10.



https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/27/the-10-most-dangerous-jobs-in-america-according-to-bls-data.html

[Mopar151]

9. IIRC, it's about 20 civilians dead for every officer killed LOD.

The legend of the "Thin Blue Line" is mostly myth. The myth gets even thinner, when you look at the facts of the individual cases.