This kind of story reinforces the idea that the police have a very dangerous job and are heroes who should be easily forgiven for when they mess up and shoot and abuse civilians.
Policing is not even anywhere near to a most dangerous job. Policing is so far down the list that truck drivers and taxi drivers have more dangerous work. Loggers and Fishers are the top two most dangerous jobs. Cops are 15th after "First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers" at number 13.
This kind of story reinforces the idea that the police have a very dangerous job and are heroes who should be easily forgiven for when they mess up and shoot and abuse civilians.
http://time.com/4326676/dangerous-jobs-america/
Policing is not even anywhere near to a most dangerous job. Policing is so far down the list that truck drivers and taxi drivers have more dangerous work. Loggers and Fishers are the top two most dangerous jobs. Cops are 15th after "First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers" at number 13.
On the flip side, cops kill about 100 people a month in the usa. About. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_killing...law_enforcement_officers_in_the_United_States https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/series/counted-us-police-killings
Those are simply numbers. Just arithmetic. There are no other, contrary numbers available from anywhere.