There was a significant drop in the number of officers killed on-duty in 2015 compared to the spike the previous year.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced on Monday that 2015 saw a nearly 20% decrease in officers feloniously killed — from 51 cops killed in 2014 to 41 last year.
The new statistic challenges arguments suggesting a “war on police” — which blamed everything from the Black Lives Matter movement to Beyoncé for cops being killed.
The rhetoric reached its peak in December 2014, after NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were murdered in a revenge assassination in Brooklyn by a crazed gunman out to kill cops.
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GREAT NEWS - There was a significant drop in the number of officers killed on-duty in 2015 compared to the spike the previous year.
#1: Gatlin To: All (#0)
Number of police killed in 2015 dropped from spike in 2014, but 2016’s figures are rising
Gatlin posted on 2016-06-01 10:25:41 Reply Private Reply
#2: TrappedInMd To: Gatlin (#0)
Didn't LF give you an automated warning about your title when you hit 'preview'?
TrappedInMd posted on 2016-06-01 14:14:57 Reply Private Reply
#3: Gatlin To: TrappedInMd (#2)
No, should it have?
This happened to me once before and I saw no warning then.
I will construct a test post, without hitting the post
and see if a warning appears.
Thanks.
Gatlin posted on 2016-06-01 14:19:51 Reply Private Reply
#4: TrappedInMd To: Gatlin (#3)
I made that mistake recently and I got a warning message on preview that the title looked like a URL, before I hit post.
TrappedInMd posted on 2016-06-01 14:27:56 Reply Private Reply
#5: Gatlin To: TrappedInMd (#4)
In reconstructing I found out what I did wrong. When I I have finished and read t post, my eyes automatically go to the text block and start to scan for paragraph separation. I do not look high enough to see any warning at the very top of the page.
I will start at the very top of the screen for my review from now on.
Thanks for taking time to call this to my attemtion.
Gatlin posted on 2016-06-01 14:35:38 Reply Private Reply
#6: TheFireBert To: All, Gatlin, TPTB (#0)
As opposed to how many civilians killed by police every year? Forget the "felonious" tag; we all know that each killing was justified, right?
TheFireBert posted on 2016-06-03 12:06:37 Reply Private Reply