O-Trap
Posts: 14,994
Oct 13, 2017 12:05pm
48
The number of replies this thread should have stopped at.
The number of replies this thread should have stopped at.
Spock
Posts: 2,853
Oct 15, 2017 2:17pm
89% of most statistics are made up. Including this one
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thavoice
Posts: 14,376
Oct 15, 2017 3:38pm
Here's a staggering number.....230 plus dead by a truck bomb in somalia today carried out at a hotel coordinated by al shabaab
salto
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Oct 15, 2017 7:32pm
Spock
Posts: 2,853
Oct 16, 2017 11:03am
cars and guns. 2 things that are evil and should be gotten rid of. Oh wait, they are inanimate objects that dont do anything without a person behind them.salto;1877491 wrote:
O-Trap
Posts: 14,994
Oct 16, 2017 12:37pm
| Households with Firearms (%) | Individuals per thousand victimized by violent crime | |
| Rural | 55.9 | 27.8 |
| Suburban | 24.2 | 37.2 |
| Urban | 17.1 | 47.6 |
BRF
Posts: 8,748
Oct 16, 2017 1:15pm
17
The number of arrows in the bundle on the Great Seal of Ohio signifying Ohio being the 17th state.
The number of arrows in the bundle on the Great Seal of Ohio signifying Ohio being the 17th state.
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QuakerOats
Posts: 8,740
Oct 16, 2017 3:23pm
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/118-law-enforcement-officers-killeddied-line-duty-2016-37-2015
(CNSNews.com) - 118 law enforcement officers died in the line of duty last year in the United States, the FBI reported on Monday.
That was up 37 percent from the 86 law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty in 2015.
In 2016, 66 of the 118 deaths of law enforcement officers were felonious and 52 were accidental. In 2015, 41 of the 86 deaths of law enforcement officers were felonious and 45 were accidental.
Another 57,180 officers were assaulted in the line of duty in 2016, and 16,535 (or about 29 percent) sustained injuries from that assault.
"All of these numbers increased from figures reported in 2015, when 45 officers died accidentally and 41 were feloniously killed in the line of duty," the FBI said. A total of 50,212 assaults were reported in 2015.
(CNSNews.com) - 118 law enforcement officers died in the line of duty last year in the United States, the FBI reported on Monday.
That was up 37 percent from the 86 law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty in 2015.
In 2016, 66 of the 118 deaths of law enforcement officers were felonious and 52 were accidental. In 2015, 41 of the 86 deaths of law enforcement officers were felonious and 45 were accidental.
Another 57,180 officers were assaulted in the line of duty in 2016, and 16,535 (or about 29 percent) sustained injuries from that assault.
"All of these numbers increased from figures reported in 2015, when 45 officers died accidentally and 41 were feloniously killed in the line of duty," the FBI said. A total of 50,212 assaults were reported in 2015.
GOONx19
Posts: 7,147
Oct 16, 2017 6:12pm
How the hell do 50 otherwise healthy individuals die “accidentally”?
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gut
Posts: 15,058
Oct 16, 2017 7:05pm
I was wondering that, too. Although I think a good number have died in traffic accidents (and probably a few more hit by oncoming traffic). Probably a couple of falls in there, too.GOONx19;1877591 wrote:How the hell do 50 otherwise healthy individuals die “accidentally”?
The number I question and would like to know more about is the 57k assaults and 16k injuries from that - if true, really an astounding number. 16k+ officers assaulted and injured certainly gives some perspective to the 150-200 or so "bad" shootings.
But you still have to frame everything in the proper context - 10M arrests a year and 800k cops. So roughly 1 in 200 arrests involves assaulting a police officer, and 1 in 700 results in an injury to the cop. Even a cop in a rough neighborhood probably doesn't get assaulted more than a handful of times in their career (and many officers nationwide probably never do). When you think of it that way, it's hard to justify the quick use and escalation of force.