Black Man gets in a serious car accident---seeks help--- get's shot and killed by a Police officer.

[TheDeputy]

138. See, I don't jump to conclusions.

I investigate. You seem to think that there is some sort of epidemic. There are nearly 800,000 peace officers in the country. The only reason you would have to believe that there is some sort of widespread abuse is news reports. The truth is that nothing has changed. You just have access to stories from all over the nation now via DU, and other sites on the web.

Don't be one of those people who doesn't let facts get in the way of his opinion. My job is to look at things dispassionately. It is hard sometimes. I don't take allegations as fact. I don't make assumptions about groups of people.

Eight Hundred Thousand cops in America. Each with multiple contacts per day with the populace. It would seem that there are easily three to five million police/citizen contacts daily. It would seem we are doing a fairly good job, overall.