Getting Ugly In Dallas

PJPOWER

brianlux said:

cp3iverson said:

Hardest job in the country and people only want to focus on the tiny percentage of them that are bad. Even the protests here were peaceful and uniting until the outside troublemakers came in. No surprise this guy came from out of state.

Those poor officers. First one just identified. He just became a dad a month ago. RIP Montrell Jackson.

I really is sad and terrible when cops are killed.

And as far as bad people- I think the percentage of all people be they cops, citizens, Americans, Arabs, Europeans, whatever- I think it's a small percentage of all people that are truly bad or awful people.

A small percentage of what? 1,000,000? 1,000,000,000? Doesn't take a math whiz to realize that's still a lot of people that are this hateful and vindictive out there, all around us, in every populace. People need to stop playing so much damn Pokemon and look out for each other. Although I will concede, that stupid game is getting people out there and growing communities...strange times we live in!

PJ_Soul

brianlux said:

rgambs said:

Degeneratefk said:

rgambs said:

Dr. Delight said:

These events used to happen once or twice a year. They are now happening multiple times a week.

Used to be reported on once or twice a week.

Cops weren't getting shot every other week in the past. When cops get killed, it's always reported.

I don't believe police fatalities are up at all this year, so far.

Over all, actually down a little but for firearms-related, up 56%

http://www.nleomf.org/facts/officer-fatalities-data/

Yeah, that will happen when several of them all get gunned down at once. You need to look at the number of separate incidents to really see if the rate has increased, not the number of officers were killed in a lump sump/percentage. Either way incidents have gone up, but not that dramatically. And what do we expect, given how things are in the States right now?

rustneversleeps

PJ_Soul said:

brianlux said:

rgambs said:

Degeneratefk said:

rgambs said:

Dr. Delight said:

These events used to happen once or twice a year. They are now happening multiple times a week.

Used to be reported on once or twice a week.

Cops weren't getting shot every other week in the past. When cops get killed, it's always reported.

I don't believe police fatalities are up at all this year, so far.

Over all, actually down a little but for firearms-related, up 56%

http://www.nleomf.org/facts/officer-fatalities-data/

Yeah, that will happen when several of them all get gunned down at once. You need to look at the number of separate incidents to really see if the rate has increased, not the number of officers were killed in a lump sump/percentage. Either way incidents have gone up, but not that dramatically. And what do we expect, given how things are in the States right now?

youre relentless.

PJ_Soul

rustneversleeps said:

PJ_Soul said:

brianlux said:

rgambs said:

Degeneratefk said:

rgambs said:

Dr. Delight said:

These events used to happen once or twice a year. They are now happening multiple times a week.

Used to be reported on once or twice a week.

Cops weren't getting shot every other week in the past. When cops get killed, it's always reported.

I don't believe police fatalities are up at all this year, so far.

Over all, actually down a little but for firearms-related, up 56%

http://www.nleomf.org/facts/officer-fatalities-data/

Yeah, that will happen when several of them all get gunned down at once. You need to look at the number of separate incidents to really see if the rate has increased, not the number of officers were killed in a lump sump/percentage. Either way incidents have gone up, but not that dramatically. And what do we expect, given how things are in the States right now?

youre relentless.

What do you mean? Seems like a strange, random comment in the context of what I said.

seanwon

brianlux said:

Over all, actually down a little but for firearms-related, up 56%

http://www.nleomf.org/facts/officer-fatalities-data/

Interesting, Texas leads the way in officer fatalities with 14. The next closest state has 7, and then no states have more than 3. I thought MORE guns and open carry made everything and everyone safer?

mcgruff10

seanwon said:

brianlux said:

Over all, actually down a little but for firearms-related, up 56%

http://www.nleomf.org/facts/officer-fatalities-data/

Interesting, Texas leads the way in officer fatalities with 14. The next closest state has 7, and then no states have more than 3. I thought MORE guns and open carry made everything and everyone safer?

Texas also has the second highest population in the USA. It also doesn't say how many of the 14 were firearms related.

Degeneratefk

mcgruff10 said:

seanwon said:

brianlux said:

Over all, actually down a little but for firearms-related, up 56%

http://www.nleomf.org/facts/officer-fatalities-data/

Interesting, Texas leads the way in officer fatalities with 14. The next closest state has 7, and then no states have more than 3. I thought MORE guns and open carry made everything and everyone safer?

Texas also has the second highest population in the USA. It also doesn't say how many of the 14 were firearms related.

Chicago is the third largest in population.

mcgruff10

Degeneratefk said:

mcgruff10 said:

seanwon said:

brianlux said:

Over all, actually down a little but for firearms-related, up 56%

http://www.nleomf.org/facts/officer-fatalities-data/

Interesting, Texas leads the way in officer fatalities with 14. The next closest state has 7, and then no states have more than 3. I thought MORE guns and open carry made everything and everyone safer?

Texas also has the second highest population in the USA. It also doesn't say how many of the 14 were firearms related.

Chicago is the third largest in population.

city yes. but Illinois overall is 5.

seanwon

mcgruff10 said:

Texas also has the second highest population in the USA. It also doesn't say how many of the 14 were firearms related.

Fair enough, I was just pointing out that everyone carrying a gun on their hip is supposed to make everybody safer, from all violence, not just from gun violence. Also, Louisiana is 2nd on the list with 7 cop fatalities, although they were the 25th most populated state in 2015. So I'm not sure if population is the culprit. Seems more the lax gun culture.