You are correct Frank that the list shows accident vs human interaction.
And in looking at straight numbers accidents kill far greater then human interaction does for those jobs, for all jobs for that matter.
I was not saying police jobs are not deadly, just pointing out that while police may die they don't die in greater number then those jobs.
The reason we hear about police deaths is because it's cause as you pointed out by someone else not some object.
You do realize that the police are not even in the top 10 of deadliest jobs, ie where you die, in the usa, right?
America's 10 Deadliest Jobs - Forbes
So much for remembering the lost officer Schultz, eh?
Stocks out.
Seems like a good reason for you to not carry a gun. Your chances of being in a deadly confrontation are even lower than mine, so you should be fine. If you're white, 30+, male, and not involved in criminal activity your odds of being a victim of violent crime are almost none.
What about the much greater disparity of force when compared with the equipment the National Guard has? Coast Guard? What about the military? Does that much greater disparity of force concern you? It doesn't me. I don't care that the Coast Guard has .50 cals or that the National Guard has helicopters, even though I can't counteract either. Why? Because I don't think I'm going to have to fight them. I don't believe they are the bad guys, nor do I believe they are likely to become the bad guys. I want them to have the equipment to safely do their job when they confront people who are bad guys.
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It's just like riding a motor cycle, you dress for the crash not the ride. The ride won't kill you the crash will.
We've only had one case, that I know of, of the national guard blowing away innocent people in this nation, and it wasn't even that many. How many questionable police shootings happen a year?
The military doesn't walk through our streets enforcing our laws, although at times I wonder if they wouldn't do a more consistent job of it.
I don't trust police in the slightest because of all the encounters I've had in my life as a law abiding individual. If I'm on the right side of the law and I'm being threatened and harassed, I hate to imagine just how bad a misunderstanding might go if they thought they were completely immune to any sort of repercussion.
If the military and national guard had as little oversight and protection as most police, I imagine they'd be every bit as bad.
I find these sort of statements comical, as if the individual posting such pictures was unaware that organized crime ever existed.
Yeah, I kind of wish that this debate could take place away from the thread where we remember Officer Schultz. I didn't know the man, but as I spend all day every day in Merrillville, I appreciate what he did.
It is doing noting but taking away Honor that is due to Officer Schultz.
It's just plain sad.
The funeral is monday. This has all been escorting the officer's body. The actual funeral will be much larger