Police Killed In the Line Of Duty

I used to like and admire cops but today's police are not all that likable although there are probably some decent and fair minded people who go into law enforcement.  Police would like us to believe that law enforcement is an extremely dangerous job but in reality it isn't.  There are many industries that are far more dangerous than the law enforcement industry and yes law enforcement is no longer a profession; it is indeed an industry.

Today most people do not like or trust police. Instead of feeling safe when they see a cop most people feel less safe. It used to be that when I saw a person pulled over by a cop I'd think, "I'm glad to see cops are doing their job and keeping us safe." but now when I see police activity I think to myself, "I hope those cops aren't up to no good."

Related: Stop Being Famous has compiled a list of 10 police brutality moments of 2013. According to Term Life Insurance’s US police brutality report, 5,986 cases of police brutality were recorded from 2009 to 2010, with 382 fatalities linked to misconduct and $347,455,000 spent in related settlements and judgements. It’s clear police misconduct is a large problem

When I saw the Rodney King beating I was somewhat aghast but I could have voted those cops innocent. Sure they were pussies and they probably could have restrained King without beating him as much as they did.  I am pretty sure that I Fat Bastardo and 150 pound Proud FA could have subdued Rodney King and placed him in restraints without hurting him but Proud and I are not pussies.

There are many industries that are more dangerous than the law enforcement industry. Here are a few:

Tree workers

Farmers

Taxi Drivers

Soldiers

Construction  Workers

Roofers

Firefighters

Convenience store clerks

Coal Miner

Factory workers

Oil Rig Workers

Lineman

Mr Big Pig by Country Joe McDonald

                       I kill Therefor I am by Phil Ochs

                       Oink Oink by David Peale 

List of Cops Killed

This is an incomplete list that may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with entries that are reliably sourced.

• Walter H. Auble, Los Angeles police chief, September 9, 1908
• Nick Armstrong^[5]
• Rodney Badger, Utah, 29 April 1853
• Harry C. Beasley, Ohio, July 2, 1931
• Fred Beell, Wisconsin, August 5, 1933
• Guy Bradley, Florida, July 8, 1905
• Thomas Bray, Pennsylvania, November 13, 2001, killed by other police officers in retaliation for testifying against another cop the day prior, according to the lawsuit filed by Bray's estate and mother that was settled out of court for $500,000^[6][7]
• Timothy Brenton, Seattle, Washington, October 31, 2009
• Michael Briggs, Manchester, New Hampshire, October 16, 2006
• Derwin Brown, Georgia, December 15, 2000, assassinated by his defeated rival for position of sheriff
• Waverly Brown, Nyack, New York, October 20, 1981
• Edward Byrne, New York City Police Department (NYPD), February 26, 1988
• Jacob Chestnut, United States Capitol Police, July 24, 1998
• Gail Cobb, Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, September 20, 1974, the first female American police officer to be killed in the line of duty
• Samuel P. Cowley, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent, Barrington, Illinois, November 27, 1934
• Kyle Dinkheller, Georgia, January 12, 1998
• Morgan Earp, March 18, 1882, shot subsequent to his wounding at the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
• Daniel Faulkner, Philadelphia Police Department, December 9, 1981
• Steven F. Gaughan, Maryland, June 21, 2005
• John Gibson, United States Capitol Police, July 24, 1998
• Herman Hollis, FBI agent, Barrington, Illinois, November 27, 1934
• Robert H. Holmes, August 6, 1917, the first African-American NYPD officer to be killed in the line of duty
• Darrell Lunsford, Texas, January 23, 1991
• J. Ryan McCandless^[5]
• Arleigh McCree, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), February 8, 1986
• Coley McDonough, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 5, 1965
• Joshua D. Miller^[8]
• Harry Minto, Oregon prison superintendent, September 27, 1915
• Wyatt Luther Nugent, Louisiana sheriff, April 21, 1936
• Edward O'Grady II, NYPD, October 20, 1981
• Oran Pape, Iowa State Patrol, April 30, 1936
• Dominick Pezzulo, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department, September 11, 2001 attacks
• Rodney Pocceschi, Virginia, June 23, 2003
• Darius Quimby, New York, January 3, 1791, the first US officer to be killed in the line of duty
• George Seman, Michigan, June 13, 1966
• William Harvey Thompson, Washington Prohibition agent, ca 1920-1933
• Russel Timoshenko, NYPD, July 14, 2007
• J. D. Tippit, Dallas, November 22, 1963 (the assassination of President John F. Kennedy)
• Henry Walburger, NYPD, July 27, 1964
• Fred White, Arizona Territory, October 30, 1880
• Ronald A. Williams II, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 4, 1995
• Sydney Zaffuto, Lt. - Sheriffs Office, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 8, 2004^[9]
• Calvin Wayne Jenks, Tennessee Highway Patrol, January 6, 2007^[10]
• Alexander E. Thalmann, New Bern Police Department, March 31, 2014 (nephew of Capt. Edward D. Thalmann, USN)^[11]