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LAL #011 — The Plain Truth About Police Shootings
The unvarnished truth is that there is a steady rate of police shootings in the United States, roughly 1,000 per year. And, each year, roughly 51 police officers are gunned down in the line of duty.
On balance, when deaths are population adjusted, police officers are more likely to be killed doing their job than they are to be kill.
Policing is dangerous. We are a violent people. We always have been. A nation awash in guns will suffer gun-related deaths.
But there is no evi
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By Norm Pattis
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The unvarnished truth is that there is a steady rate of police shootings in the United States, roughly 1,000 per year. And, each year, roughly 51 police officers are gunned down in the line of duty.
On balance, when deaths are population adjusted, police officers are more likely to be killed doing their job than they are to be kill.
Policing is dangerous. We are a violent people. We always have been. A nation awash in guns will suffer gun-related deaths.
But there is no evi