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jsr

(7,712 posts) Mon Dec 30, 2013, 10:21 PM Dec 2013

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33 cops killed by gunfire in 2013, the lowest number since 1887

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-police-deaths-20131230,0,2076517.story

33 cops killed by gunfire in 2013, the lowest number since 1887
By Matt Pearce
4:58 PM PST, December 30, 2013

In 2013, some of the year's biggest headlines involved cop killers.

There was MIT Police Officer Sean Collier, who authorities said was shot and killed by the Tsarnaev brothers after the Boston Marathon bombings in April.

There was Christopher Dorner's vengeful rampage across Southern California in February. Two of the four people he killed were police officers.

Yet those tragedies would prove the exceptions in 2013, which may have been one of the safest years in modern history for American police.

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33 cops killed by gunfire in 2013, the lowest number since 1887 (Original Post) jsr Dec 2013 OP

And they shot how many citizens? pscot Dec 2013 #1

Don't forget dogs. Oakenshield Dec 2013 #2

And that was my second question... socialist_n_TN Dec 2013 #4

Yep, that was my first question too.... socialist_n_TN Dec 2013 #3

And there will likely be even fewer next year ... 1000words Dec 2013 #5

pscot

(21,024 posts)

1. And they shot how many citizens?

Reply to jsr (Original post)

Mon Dec 30, 2013, 10:26 PM

Dec 2013

Oakenshield

(614 posts)

2. Don't forget dogs.

Reply to pscot (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 30, 2013, 10:35 PM

Dec 2013

The blue fascists seem to get a kick out of shooting most anything these days.

socialist_n_TN

(11,481 posts)

4. And that was my second question...

Reply to Oakenshield (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 30, 2013, 11:15 PM

Dec 2013

nm

socialist_n_TN

(11,481 posts)

3. Yep, that was my first question too....

Reply to pscot (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 30, 2013, 11:14 PM

Dec 2013

nm

1000words

(7,051 posts)

5. And there will likely be even fewer next year ...

Reply to jsr (Original post)

Mon Dec 30, 2013, 11:17 PM

Dec 2013

now that "shoot first, ask questions later" has become SOP

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