2019 fallen officers: 50 weeks, 38 officers fatally shot in the line of duty - CNN
Maybe a clue to why the police are so brutalised, its more nuanced than all cops are bad. They face scum daily and survival comes first, violence begets violence, and yes the police should be better, but the daily attrition from their job is bound to have effect.
Also note the mundane triviality of the circumstances of cops being shot, not high stakes cops and robbers, just doing a welfare check for one!
Maybe a clue to why the police are so brutalised, its more nuanced than all cops are bad. They face scum daily and survival comes first, violence begets violence, and yes the police should be better, but the daily attrition from their job is bound to have effect.
Also note the mundane triviality of the circumstances of cops being shot, not high stakes cops and robbers, just doing a welfare check for one!
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