.jpg)
And that trend was seen in Maryland as well.
In Maryland one police officer was shot and killed in the line of duty. That's a 75 percent decline from the year before when four died.
Baltimore County Officer Jason Schneider died during a warrant service in Catonsville on August 28.
More
19 comments:
Where's Imclain when you need him!?
Cop killings are most likely down because they are killing everyone first, guilty or not, threat or not.
Less paperwork involved that way.
clueless^^^
Annie....just got here, but there is truth in that statement you made. The new tactic for the police is to feel "scared" and blast everything that moves. Then, have the State's Attorney say he can understand why 5 cops unloaded 90 rounds at a kid or a man reaching for his ID, or even as they run away (shooting someone in the back USED to be a dishonorable thing to do. Now, its the easiest way to get the guy.
Now, someone please post how many civilians were killed by the police in Maryland last year. And how many of them were armed.
THEN, call someone "clueless".
Police shooting are at an all time low, so you statement is false.
1:28...your sentence doesn't make sense. Put the joint down for a while.
And then add up the dogs and other pets police kill because they feel 'threatened'. Can anyone tell me how someone can feel threatened by an unarmed man in a wheelchair? Or a man lying facedown on a subway platform surrounded by cops? (which one of the cops shot him in the BACK while he was lying there)
I feel threatened everytime I see a cop come near me. Can I shoot him? Of course not. Every cop, FBI, DHS, and who knows who else, would shut the town down and do a house to house search and search every vehicle in a 50 mile radius.
A decrease in crime overall and an increase in the militarization of the police force including personal armor and armored vehicles is part of why this is true. Kinda odd that we need all that armor with crime heading down though isn't it?
Until you are a police officer facing very bad situations day in and day out, then you have no right to complain from the safety of your computer.
In that event, perhaps they should consider bypassing some houses, i.e., mine. This ain't Boston. "Boston Strong"? All that means to me is disarmed citizens willingly and meekly obeying orders to leave your house (some in nightgowns and PJ's) with your hands in the air while other goons search your house (who needs a warrant? LOL). We went to war with the most powerful country on Earth (and used guns to win that war) and that was one of the reasons. And it was such a big deal that we wrote its prohibition into the Bill of Rights.
What's the Bill of Rights?? My point. Exactly.
In 2011, police officers in the United States shot 1,146 people, killing 607.
Most Deadly States
California 183 total (102 fatal)
Florida 96 (49)
Illinois 64 (26)
Texas 58 (26)
New York 49 (23)
Pennsylvania 49 (23)
Ohio 45 (28)
Arizona 45 (27)
Maryland 41 (16)
Washington 39 (29)
Least Deadly States
Delaware 0
Vermont 0
North Dakota 1
Wyoming 2 (1)
Alaska 2 (2)
Montana 3 (2)
South Dakota 3 (3)
Hawai 4 (3)
Conneticut 6 (1)
West Virginia 6 (5)
New Hampshire 6 (5)
Idaho 7 (2)
Kansas 7 (5)
Excellent training and marksmanship prevented numerous officer fatalities in those cases, with 99% being found justified.
1:23 not according to the article these figures came from, nice try though.
99% justified!? You forgot to mention they were "justified" by OTHER police officers.
Sort of like a crackhead passing judgment on another crackhead's burglary of a neighbors house.
"Yo, man, ya know he needed to do dat!
INNOCENT!!! Or, "justified".
They were justified by average citizens in Grand Juries.
10:31... aside from the fact that Grand Juries are a PROSECUTOR'S and State's Attorney's field of dreams, you still want to stick with 99% as an accurate and RELIABLE statistic? Really?
People have been filmed and recorded planning and performing MURDERS and their conviction rate is not even close to 99%! But the police shoot and kill HUNDREDS of citizens (many of them unarmed) and 99% are "justified"? If you really believe that, you need to get off the drugs. The statistic is bogus.
Looks like New York, Maryland, Connecticut & Idaho need to brush up at the shooting range!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Until you are a police officer facing very bad situations day in and day out, then you have no right to complain from the safety of your computer.
December 31, 2013 at 5:00 PM
You are so full of it and that tired old saying in just not true. What could ANY of you go through that would justify killing dogs, even 17 year old TOOTHLESS dogs? Or unarmed and docile citizens?
You and those like you are nothing but scared little wussies with the blanket protection of being able to MURDER people and animals, at will, and never be punished for it.
I have no respect or sympathy for any of you. And you brought all of that on yourselves. Your way of thinking, (or not), and methods are wrong. You should already know that.
Your training may be partly to blame, but if you don't have the morals and common sense to realize it yourself, you are in the wrong line of work and should never be allowed to be a policeman.
Sadly, that is not the case. The elites are allowing you to do this and are building you up for their own selfish and greedy motives. Maybe being in the middle of it you guys can't see that, I don't know. But a storm is brewing. You will soon find out how much we understand your work and where it is headed.
Good luck, you will need it.
So oblivious to reality, many agencies do press releases, read them. Calls for service are not declining, violence may show a statistical decline in some areas but criminals are criminals, that is the bottom line. Whether it's a gun, fists, bombs, a knife, a vehicle, its still violence, so read the entire statistic before making assumptions. You still call the police to deal with the people you cannot deal with and the people you are afraid of. When you have a problem and can't fix it you call the police, e.g. theft, assault, noise complaints, (the list goes on). Do not forget that while media displays the negative side of nearly everything, there is a positive light seldom seen via media. How about instead of bashing police you thank them, thank them for sacrificing their time, their strength, their lives, to make your lives better. Some people are so ungrateful.
Most people call the police to "handle problems" because if THEY handled it, the police put them in prison. If some drunk starts running his mouth to "we, the people", the law says we must endure it, walk away, avoid fighting. The police, on the other hand, get to go on the attack. 200 stitches, dog bites to the face and neck. And charges of assault --- on the victim! No prison, no trial. You know, all the sacrifices they make....it ain't easy to stand up and say a drunk man made you and three friends "afraid".
Post a Comment