“Craig blames those attacks, .... on anti-government sentiment and says law enforcement needs to get tougher.”
Get a bigger hammer, its what police states do.
Looks like the guy is playing with the numbers. Statistics and liars.
I’d like to see the numbers of Americans killed during SWAT team raids made to wrong addresses. I’ll bet those deaths are up at least 31% also.
I suspect the number of cops killed by pro-Government black democrat criminals is waaaaaaaaay higher than the number of cops killed by Republicans, Tea Party members or Ron Paul (small government) people - together.... I’ll bet it’s close to a hundred to one... maybe a thousand to one since the election of Obama...
True that. His agenda is obvious.
The annualized 2014 month-to- date numbers project approx. 120 total police line-of-duty deaths for 2014. Total line-of-duty deaths in 2013 was 95; much lower than most years.
When you consider the overall trend, the job of police officer is much safer than it used to be. There were 125 line of duty deaths in 2012; 179 in 2011; 177 in 2010 and 126 in 2009. In fact, police officer line-of-duty deaths were actually much higher in the 1980s and 1990s.
Regarding firearms related line-of-duty deaths, annualized 2014 month to date numbers project approx. total of 48 for 2014. This compares to 32 in 2013; 48 in 2012; 68 in 2011; 59 in 2010 and 49 in 2009. The authors premise of rising anti-government sentiment resulting in increased police line of duty deaths if BS, but it sure made a great headline.
Playing with numbers ...
K-9 count as one.
Wrong address SWAT caused police deaths counted as well.
2013 had the fewest cops killed by gunfire since the 1800s. It’s hardly a surprise, however unfortunate, that we’d see an increase from that low number.