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The ambush-style killings of two police officers in the Des Moines area add to a deadly increase in a disturbing trend for law enforcement nationwide: the number of police officers gunned down has increased 167% this year, according to a law enforcement group.
On average, one law enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty in the U.S. every 61 hours and more than 20,000 police officers have lost their lives in the line of duty since the first known line-of-duty death in 1791, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.
Many people feel that the country is headed in the wrong direction, and I think when police officers are openly slaughtered with so few people caring about it, we have proof that something is going seriously wrong.
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Ambush-style killings of police up 167% this year