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ORIGINAL: Nnanji VML, you're being myopic. http://nypost.com/2017/07/06/politically-fueled-cop-hatred-has-taken-another-innocent-officers-life/ Nnanji, there are two problems with the slander being made of BLM. 1. Perception (aka: rotten lying journalism) Alexander Bonds’ anti-cop rhetoric echoes the Black Lives Matter-inspired vitriol spewed by previous cop assassins over the last three years. From the NY Post article you cited: "Black Lives Matter inspired vitriol," a conclusion made without one bit of support. Just a flat out lie. 2. Reality "There's a widespread perception in the American public, and particularly within law enforcement, that officers are more threatened, more endangered, more often assaulted, and more often killed than they have been historically," says Seth Stoughton, a law professor at the University of Southern Carolina and former policeman. "I think it's a very strong perception. People truly believe it. But factually, looking at the numbers, it's not accurate," he says. FBI data on police officers "feloniously killed" - killed as a result of a criminal act - indicates that the numbers have been falling, he says. Looking at the 10 years from 2006 to 2015 the annual average number of police deaths was 49.6, Stoughton says, which he notes is "down significantly from the high. The high was the 10-year period prior to 1980, when we had an average of 115 - actually 114.8 officers feloniously killed… in the line of duty every year. At the same time the number of police officers has increased in the US. There are a quarter of a million more police officers working today than there were three decades ago. So when you consider the number of officers killed per 100,000, there has been a dramatic decrease. The annual per capita number of officers killed has dropped from 24 per 100,000 in the 10 years to 1980 to 7.3 per 100,000 in the 10 years to 2013 (the last year for which there is good data). SEE THE GRAPHS AT THIS CITE Some posters on this Forum tend to delight in misrepresenting reality to suit their warped agenda. You might want to be wary of his repeated "mistakes."
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