[Zakeet]

[Carry_Okie]

Tree trimmers die 15 times more frequently per man hour worked than do police officers. Fishermen in Alaska more than that.

[TruthBeforeAll]

I wonder how many convenience store workers were killed in the line of duty last year.

[wrench]

Still doesn’t crack the top 10 list of most dangerous jobs. The guy fixing your leaky roof is many times more likely to get killed on the job than a LEO.

[null and void]

I wonder how big the wedge for “attempting to seized guns” will be next year?

[cquiggy]

One statistic missing from this article. How many of these police officers were killed by a concealed carry permit holder? Answer ZERO

[Carry_Okie]

Police don't even make the top ten.

[ColdOne]

I wonder how many family pets they killed.

[babygene]

I bet more unarmed citizens were killed by police than the other way around...

I guess I can’t get all that worked up about this.

[CodeToad]

Cops don't even come close. Of course, they'll use such nonsense to claim our rights should be curtailed even more. They don't say how many were not killed on purpose but as part of an accident. They try to say all 72 were targeted killings, when some were no doubt killed in accidents.

Occupation	Fatal Work Injuries per 100,000 FTE Workers	Number of Fatal Work Injuries
1. Fishers and Related Fishing Workers	121.2	40
2. Logging Workers	102.4	64
3. Aircraft Pilots and Flight Engineers	57.0	72
4. Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	41.2	34
5. Roofers	31.8	56
6. Structural Iron and Steel Workers	26.9	16
7. Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers	25.3	260
8. Driver/Sales Workers and Truck Drivers	24.0	759
9. Electrical Power Line Installers	20.3	27
10. Taxi Drivers and Chauffeurs	19.7	63

[Atlas Sneezed]

The ultimate sacrifice might be losing your life in the line of duty, but the penultimate sacrifice might be working for a salary or wage set by the people you serve (without a union) and paying for your own disability, retirement, and medical benefits out of that.

[kanawa]

[Buckeye McFrog]

Here in Pittsburgh they are searching for some yutes who posted a rap video on YouTube in which they threatened to kill several police officers (and the officers were mentioned by name).

Seems this behavior has been encouraged by recent developments. Can’t imagine what /sarc

[Gator113]

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[Gator113]

Zakeet, thank you for your post, but as you can see, you might as well had posted the article on a forum directed to a group of prison inmates.

[semaj]

What do you call a bus full of lawyers tied to an anchor at the bottom of the sea?

[chargers fan]

Two things I don’t like on FR: People who think it’s alright whatever cops do (although there are few here who do) and those that have gotten to the point of hating cops. Both will go at each other on this thread.

[freedomfiter2]

How many innocent citizens were killed by cops last year?