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More officers dying in ambush attacks

The article doesn't speculate why these ambush style attacks are occurring. My first thought is to blame the drug war.
Agreed. Way too much information left out for this article alone to be relied upon.

- *Why* are ambush attacks up? Drug war? Chance? Reaping what they sew in bad neighborhoods? We're the ambushers people with previous encounters with over-zealous police? (Wouldn't justify it, but it might explain it.)

- Are they "up" now because they were down before, and this is merely back to so-called "normal"? Not saying normal is acceptable, but am saying that normal would defeat the scare-tactics of this particular article.

- They picked a nice anecdote to support their side, but a single anecdote does not make a case by itself.
 
12. There were 12 more, and we don't have the whole story on these. statistically it's insignificant when there are over 800,000 law enforcement officers in the US.
In this case I strongly suspect that percentages were used purposely to make the increase seem more alarming.

Lies, damned lies, and statistics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Lies, damned lies, and statistics" is a phrase describing the persuasive power of numbers, particularly the use of statistics to bolster weak arguments. It is also sometimes colloquially used to doubt statistics used to prove an opponent's point.

The term was popularised in the United States by Mark Twain (among others), who attributed it to the 19th-century British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881): "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." However, the phrase is not found in any of Disraeli's works and the earliest known appearances were years after his death. Other coiners have therefore been proposed.
Emphasis in bold mine.
 
It's all in the presentation...

There was in increase of 12? Yawn, yeah, we'll put that on our list of items to address.

-or-

23%. 23-effing-percent?!? :eek: ZOMG, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT!!!!!!!! :fueltofir
 
Because some cops deserve to die. HUH!? IMAGINE THAT!?

My guess is this is just a trolling style comment that you really didn't mean and just wanted some attention.

However, even the most corrupt cops deserve a trial and not some vigilante style killing.
 
In this case I strongly suspect that percentages were used purposely to make the increase seem more alarming.


Emphasis in bold mine.

Well, such sells, to be sure. But an increase is an increase, and while not the entire story, certianly worth a longer look.
 
Everyone deserves to die. It's the one thing that all of us can count on, from the day we're born. Law enforcement is a dangerous job, and it's silly to be outraged over how much more or less dangerous it is on a year-to-year basis. Get them some more training to avoid and survive ambushes, and don't be surprised when mistaken police shootings rise. This isn't a big deal.
 
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