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List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States

Has Militarization of USA Police had a positive impact?


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List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States prior to 2009 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Take some time to follow the 2014 links and numbers as well.

"This is an incomplete list that may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with entries that are reliably sourced.This is a list of people killed by nonmilitary law enforcement officers occurring before 2009, whether in the line of duty or not, and regardless of reason or method. Inclusion in the list implies neither wrongdoing nor justification on the part of the person killed or the officer involved. The listing merely documents the occurrence of a death. Killings are arranged by date of incident which caused death. Different death dates are, if possible, noted in the description.
The lists below are incomplete, as the annual average number of justifiable homicides committed by law enforcement alone is estimated to be near 400.[SUP][1][/SUP]
For lists of killings from other years, see List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States."

Has militarization of USA police increased this number?

Do more of the deaths seem unjustified?

Do you approve of the militarization of USA police?

Do the police seem trigger-happy?

Why are there so few deaths by Law Enforcement Officers in England?

 
If you click on the monthly links at WIKI, you will get some short narratives on many of the shootings. Interesting reading and as a retrospective reveals a large number of shoots that never should have happened. My point being to peruse the WIKI link to review the data. There is too much data and not organized in a manner that could be compressed into one post. Thank you.
 
So even if they're completely justified and done in the line of duty they belong on this list of shame. All cops should just quit now.
 
If you click on the monthly links at WIKI, you will get some short narratives on many of the shootings. Interesting reading and as a retrospective reveals a large number of shoots that never should have happened. My point being to peruse the WIKI link to review the data. There is too much data and not organized in a manner that could be compressed into one post. Thank you.

Another good site for these deaths.

Search for a Fallen Officer
 
So even if they're completely justified and done in the line of duty they belong on this list of shame. All cops should just quit now.

How did you come to that conclusion?
 
So even if they're completely justified and done in the line of duty they belong on this list of shame. All cops should just quit now.


exactly

why the hell should they put their life on the line to be ridiculed and shamed for having had to use their weapon?

one of my fathers friends was a county deputy....just a regular guy doing a regular job

in 32 years on the force, he had to draw his weapon 2x

only once did he use it, and it haunted him his whole career

not because it was a bad shoot....but because he had taken a life

maybe some of you should put on a uniform....and strap on a gun

spend a few months out on the streets....dealing with the real everyday world

cops are people....yes...sometimes they will make mistakes (anyone that thinks otherwise is an idiot)

but most are very special people trying to do a really hard job....and get home to their families at night

think about that before you start putting out KILL lists of cops doing their damn duty
 
List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States prior to 2009 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Take some time to follow the 2014 links and numbers as well.

"This is an incomplete list that may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with entries that are reliably sourced.This is a list of people killed by nonmilitary law enforcement officers occurring before 2009, whether in the line of duty or not, and regardless of reason or method. Inclusion in the list implies neither wrongdoing nor justification on the part of the person killed or the officer involved. The listing merely documents the occurrence of a death. Killings are arranged by date of incident which caused death. Different death dates are, if possible, noted in the description.
The lists below are incomplete, as the annual average number of justifiable homicides committed by law enforcement alone is estimated to be near 400.[SUP][1][/SUP]
For lists of killings from other years, see List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States."

Has militarization of USA police increased this number?

Do more of the deaths seem unjustified?

Do you approve of the militarization of USA police?

Do the police seem trigger-happy?

Why are there so few deaths by Law Enforcement Officers in England?


I have never quite understood why a police force might need a tank.
 
So even if they're completely justified and done in the line of duty they belong on this list of shame. All cops should just quit now.

Don't you think that might be overkill?
 
If you click on the monthly links at WIKI, you will get some short narratives on many of the shootings. Interesting reading and as a retrospective reveals a large number of shoots that never should have happened. My point being to peruse the WIKI link to review the data. There is too much data and not organized in a manner that could be compressed into one post. Thank you.

One would hope that, where citizens were killed because the police were in a hurry and impatient to get it over with, by mistake or for fun, the officers would be in jail
for ever.
 
So even if they're completely justified and done in the line of duty they belong on this list of shame. All cops should just quit now.


you know what.....that is actually a great idea

with all the **** being written about our law enforcement agencies lately...who would blame them

let them walk off the jobs for say 2-3 weeks

i would be fine with it.....i can protect my own

maybe, just maybe a little more respect would be coming their way after that

how much damage can the gangs, and criminals do when they know they have a few weeks of "free time"

wanna bet that those who are berating them now would be praying for them to get back on the job then

i kinda like this idea of mine....
 
exactly

why the hell should they put their life on the line to be ridiculed and shamed for having had to use their weapon?

one of my fathers friends was a county deputy....just a regular guy doing a regular job

in 32 years on the force, he had to draw his weapon 2x

only once did he use it, and it haunted him his whole career

not because it was a bad shoot....but because he had taken a life

maybe some of you should put on a uniform....and strap on a gun

spend a few months out on the streets....dealing with the real everyday world

cops are people....yes...sometimes they will make mistakes (anyone that thinks otherwise is an idiot)

but most are very special people trying to do a really hard job....and get home to their families at night

think about that before you start putting out KILL lists of cops doing their damn duty

I'm going to have to decline your offer. There is far too many laws on the books that I don't agree with for me to consider being a cop. Furthermore, I don't care to throw around my weight or be responsible for people being in prison where they have a good chance of being harmed.
 
you know what.....that is actually a great idea

with all the **** being written about our law enforcement agencies lately...who would blame them

let them walk off the jobs for say 2-3 weeks

i would be fine with it.....i can protect my own

maybe, just maybe a little more respect would be coming their way after that

how much damage can the gangs, and criminals do when they know they have a few weeks of "free time"

wanna bet that those who are berating them now would be praying for them to get back on the job then

i kinda like this idea of mine....

I keep saying that I have no idea why anyone would want to be a cop anymore.
 
I keep saying that I have no idea why anyone would want to be a cop anymore.
I do because it is my calling. I wear a camera at all times I am considering getting a second one to wear in a hat. They are cheap tiny and I let everybody know they are being recorded.

I have to fight the good fight it was what I was born to do. It is scary at times though.
 
I do because it is my calling. I wear a camera at all times I am considering getting a second one to wear in a hat. They are cheap tiny and I let everybody know they are being recorded.

I have to fight the good fight it was what I was born to do. It is scary at times though.

Hey good morning Clax, hope all is well!

Are you a cop? I didn't know that.
 
Referring to the poll I think local LEO are getting alittle to military like for my taste. I support the police but when they start looking like a standing army who can be turned on the citizens I think it's unconstitutional and should be scaled back.
 
That's true but the organized crime is thriving there.

We've got bankers "too big to jail" and you don't think it's thriving here?
 
I have never quite understood why a police force might need a tank.

If you are referring to armored vehicles as tanks then the answer is so they dont get shot when going into a compound or something in force.
 
List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States prior to 2009 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Take some time to follow the 2014 links and numbers as well.

"This is an incomplete list that may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with entries that are reliably sourced.This is a list of people killed by nonmilitary law enforcement officers occurring before 2009, whether in the line of duty or not, and regardless of reason or method. Inclusion in the list implies neither wrongdoing nor justification on the part of the person killed or the officer involved. The listing merely documents the occurrence of a death. Killings are arranged by date of incident which caused death. Different death dates are, if possible, noted in the description.
The lists below are incomplete, as the annual average number of justifiable homicides committed by law enforcement alone is estimated to be near 400.[SUP][1][/SUP]
For lists of killings from other years, see List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States."

Has militarization of USA police increased this number?

Do more of the deaths seem unjustified?

Do you approve of the militarization of USA police?

Do the police seem trigger-happy?

Why are there so few deaths by Law Enforcement Officers in England?


In many arguments people seem to compare the USA to some other country such as England. I don't know why they make such comparisons nor do I know why the numbers are different other than they are different.

Why is the rate of officer shootings in THIS country different from city to city and not always a reflection of population? By that I mean sometimes the largest cities have a lower rate of officer shootings than relatively smaller cities such as Detroit or Cleveland.

I think it is clear militarization of police forces has increased the number. Whether or not militarization ALONE has caused a greater number of unjutified police killings I cannot say but it seems clear that militarization and the war on drugs are linked and the two together HAS increased police killings especially unjutified killings.

I do not believe that the average officer is trigger happy in fact the average officer is ambitious and interested in advancing his career and most of them know full well that pulling the trigger can easily end their career if even one thing goes wrong.

Having said that when a department becomes militarized precisely how do they become militarized? Obviously in most typical cases they form a tactical unit, swat team or whatever name they wish to give it and those officers are chosen selectively. Perhaps those who are picked to be on such teams are a bit more aggressive and therefore more trigger happy in the sense they wish to prove themselves.

I have long opposed the increased militarization of the police for many reasons. One needs to remember that it is not strictly the weapons and uniforms and equipment such as vehicles which is become more and more militarized. The organizations are becoming militarized. This is much more important than people realize. WHen the cops start to follow a chain of command and work together LIKE the military they are essentially becoming another military. Right now I truly believe that few if any police officers really protect and serve the public. Their loyalty is to their superiors all the way up the chain of command ending with the governor or president or mayor or whoever hired them.

In addition it is the information technology which is ominous. I can deal with a few cops carrying military grade weapons etc. WHat bothers me is the vast sums of money being spent to basically spy on the citizens in evry way imaginable from drones to data bases.

Just one example has been challenged recently by the ACLU. It seems several large departments have begun using license plate readers which are installed on streets all over the city. All they do is capture a scan of EVERY license plate which comes into view and places that into a data base. What this amounts to is keeping a record of every movement of every car. The departments claim it is a valuable tool in tracking criminals, except they cannot produce one example of any such information being used to apprehend or track a criminal. So what is it for? I hate to be conspiritorial but what happens when some government stooge becomes curious about the random and illogical trips I take by car?

Combine the law which in many ways is far too intrusive and even shreds the bill of rights with this intelligence gathering technology and with the organization and funding with the weapons and you have a bad recipe.

IN the end they just do not need all this crap. The Nation needs a government but the people of this nation do not need to be governed.
 
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We've got bankers "too big to jail" and you don't think it's thriving here?
You're right.

However, I meant for the organized crime in streets.
The risk of a teenager falling into crime scene is bigger there. I believe that place is the biggest in EU.
 
you know what.....that is actually a great idea

with all the **** being written about our law enforcement agencies lately...who would blame them

let them walk off the jobs for say 2-3 weeks

i would be fine with it.....i can protect my own

maybe, just maybe a little more respect would be coming their way after that

how much damage can the gangs, and criminals do when they know they have a few weeks of "free time"

wanna bet that those who are berating them now would be praying for them to get back on the job then

i kinda like this idea of mine....

It would be like "The Purge".
 
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