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]

How Often Do Police Kill Blacks? At Least Twice Per Week

WASHINGTON — Nearly two times a week in the United States, a white police officer killed a black person during a seven-year period ending in 2012, according to the most recent accounts of justifiable homicide reported to the FBI.

Fat Bastardo's Op Ed: The key word here is reported.

On average, there were 96 such incidents among at least 400 police killings each year that were reported to the FBI by local police. The numbers appear to show that the shooting of a black teenager in Ferguson, Mo., last Saturday was not an isolated event in American policing.

The reports show that 18% of the blacks killed during those seven years were under age 21, compared to 8.7% of whites. The victim in Ferguson was 18-year-old Michael Brown. Police have yet to identify the officer who shot him; witnesses have said the officer was white.

Fat Bastard's Op Ed: Cops target Blacks because it is easier for them the cops to get away with killing them but if their are no Blacks available they will kill Whites and Hispanics.

While the racial analysis is striking, the database it's based on has been long considered flawed and largely incomplete. The killings are self-reported by law enforcement and not all police departments participate so the database undercounts the actual number of deaths. Plus, the numbers are not audited after they are submitted to the FBI and the statistics on "justifiable" homicides have conflicted with independent measures of fatalities at the hands of police.

Fat Bastardo's Op Ed: Cops in the US are trained and skilled liars. Many are zealous puppets for the power elite.

USA TODAY

Police in Ferguson ignite debate about military tactics

A member of the Federal Protective Service asks demonstrators to stay off the steps leading to the Thomas F. Eagleton federal courthouse during a protest in St. Louis. About 100 protesters marched from city hall to the courthouse as they continue to press for broader reforms to local and federal law enforcement following the shooting death of Michael Brown by police. (Photo: Jeff Roberson, AP)

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About 750 agencies contribute to the database, a fraction of the 17,000 law enforcement agencies in the United States.

University of South Carolina criminologist Geoff Alpert, who has long studied police use of deadly force, said the FBI's limited database underscores a gaping hole in the nation's understanding of how often local police take a life on America's streets — and under what circumstances.

''There is no national database for this type of information, and that is so crazy," said Alpert. "We've been trying for years, but nobody wanted to fund it and the (police) departments didn't want it. They were concerned with their image and liability. They don't want to bother with it.''

Alpert said the database can confirm that a death has occurred but is good for little else.

"I've looked at records in hundreds of departments,'' Alpert said, "and it is very rare that you find someone saying, 'Oh, gosh, we used excessive force.' In 98.9% of the cases, they are stamped as justified and sent along.''

Despite those flaws, the FBI records remain the most complete nationwide accounting of people killed by the police.

The International Association of Chiefs of Police, the nation's largest group of police officials, has maintained that police use of force is rare. Citing data gathered by the Bureau of Justices Statistics in 2008, the IACP said less than 2% of the 40 million people who had contact with police reported the use of force or threatened use of force.

Fat Bastardo's Op Ed: 2% is one in fifty.  Compared to people who drive drunk that is 10 times as much. The Gestapo was probably less abusive to German citizens.

"In large part, the public perception of police use of force is framed and influenced by the media depictions which present unrealistic and often outlandish representations of law enforcement and the policing profession,'' the group said in a 2012 report.