This is where I go to understand what is happening with police officers in the USA.
"Law Enforcement Line of Duty Deaths," the website is entitled "Officer Death Memorial Page." (click here)
That website is showing a single digit change of less police officers dead in 2015. The statistics is only current to October 2015. So, if there were seven police killed in eight days it would not be listed here yet.
I am not doubting the deaths as reported on "Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell," but, I simply am not finding them. It is important to note such trends, because, I sincerely believe there are some extremists that want to lead young African Americans to kill police. That is the last thing anyone should be thinking, but, there are some young men scared enough they would carry out such attacks on police officers. I have not seen such actions in the USA to date. That speaks loudly of the lack of hatred of police officers.
If there was seven deaths of police officers in eight days, that would be a change than what I have seen. I have supported the idea of bullet proof windows in police cars after the deaths in New York City. The New York legislature passed a law and provided funding to convert police cars to bullet proof glass and there were plenty of legislators wondering why this hadn't been done before. Everyone was upset by the two police assassinated that day. No one took it as a reasonable idea or outcome to remove violence from the African American community.
One of the reasons I believe the federal government needs to act against large amounts of guns in the country is because the police have increased danger in their work. It is just poor practice by any government to tolerate large numbers of guns within the borders of a country.
I found it very odd that a sheriff in Marysville, Washington would state he believed more guns in people's hands would cause less innocent deaths after a young man killed his classmates in his lunch room. I don't accept that statement by that sheriff as reasonable or a position any officer at any level of police practice should state as the best position on guns.
That statement by the Marysville sheriff isn't even in line with Supreme Court decisions. But, if there were seven deaths of police officers in eight days, certainly President Obama would be interested in such trends. There could be many reasons in the age we live that might be pursuing police deaths. This would be alarming, especially, after the California murders. I am sure someone in the federal system has realized that fact and is looking into it. I would be surprised such a statistic would be ignored. At the very least the FBI would be casting a worried eye toward that reality.
I am sorry to hear such killings have happened. No police officer conducting good work should fall victim due to pure anger or frustration. There has to be solutions to effective police work that act responsibly with young African American men. I will not dismiss there are serious situations this year and beginning with the death of Trayvon Martin there is something very wrong in the use of guns in this country. I consider the death of a homeless man at the hand of Swat personnel in Albuquerque an abhorrence. James Boyd was caught in a meat grinder with no way out. His death is heinous.
But, if there is a trend in police officer deaths that is a concern and should be pursued by the FBI.
"Law Enforcement Line of Duty Deaths," the website is entitled "Officer Death Memorial Page." (click here)
That website is showing a single digit change of less police officers dead in 2015. The statistics is only current to October 2015. So, if there were seven police killed in eight days it would not be listed here yet.
I am not doubting the deaths as reported on "Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell," but, I simply am not finding them. It is important to note such trends, because, I sincerely believe there are some extremists that want to lead young African Americans to kill police. That is the last thing anyone should be thinking, but, there are some young men scared enough they would carry out such attacks on police officers. I have not seen such actions in the USA to date. That speaks loudly of the lack of hatred of police officers.
If there was seven deaths of police officers in eight days, that would be a change than what I have seen. I have supported the idea of bullet proof windows in police cars after the deaths in New York City. The New York legislature passed a law and provided funding to convert police cars to bullet proof glass and there were plenty of legislators wondering why this hadn't been done before. Everyone was upset by the two police assassinated that day. No one took it as a reasonable idea or outcome to remove violence from the African American community.
One of the reasons I believe the federal government needs to act against large amounts of guns in the country is because the police have increased danger in their work. It is just poor practice by any government to tolerate large numbers of guns within the borders of a country.
I found it very odd that a sheriff in Marysville, Washington would state he believed more guns in people's hands would cause less innocent deaths after a young man killed his classmates in his lunch room. I don't accept that statement by that sheriff as reasonable or a position any officer at any level of police practice should state as the best position on guns.
That statement by the Marysville sheriff isn't even in line with Supreme Court decisions. But, if there were seven deaths of police officers in eight days, certainly President Obama would be interested in such trends. There could be many reasons in the age we live that might be pursuing police deaths. This would be alarming, especially, after the California murders. I am sure someone in the federal system has realized that fact and is looking into it. I would be surprised such a statistic would be ignored. At the very least the FBI would be casting a worried eye toward that reality.
I am sorry to hear such killings have happened. No police officer conducting good work should fall victim due to pure anger or frustration. There has to be solutions to effective police work that act responsibly with young African American men. I will not dismiss there are serious situations this year and beginning with the death of Trayvon Martin there is something very wrong in the use of guns in this country. I consider the death of a homeless man at the hand of Swat personnel in Albuquerque an abhorrence. James Boyd was caught in a meat grinder with no way out. His death is heinous.
But, if there is a trend in police officer deaths that is a concern and should be pursued by the FBI.
