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Logical

(22,457 posts) Fri Sep 4, 2015, 05:44 PM Sep 2015

Scott Walker couldn’t be more wrong about the threat to police officers

Over at the Hot Air blog, Wisconsin governor and GOP presidential candidate Scott Walker put up a post about the killing of police officers. Here’s an excerpt:

Over the last week, we’ve seen a disturbing trend of police officers being murdered on the job. Texas Sheriff’s Deputy Darren Goforth was killed Friday, gunned down while pumping gas for no apparent reason other than the uniform on his back. And just yesterday, in my neighboring state of Illinois, police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz was assassinated by three men, who are still on the run.

This isn’t the America I grew up in or that I want my children to grow up in. When the very people responsible for keeping us safe are targeted because they are law enforcement officials, we have a serious problem.

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Walker was born in 1967. In a blog post a few months ago, my former intern Dan Wang looked at the fatality and homicide figures for police going back to the 1960s. Here are a few notable numbers he found:

“More officers were feloniously killed in the 11 years between 1970 and 1980 (1228 deaths) than in the 21 years between 1993 and 2013 (1182 deaths).” Walker would have been 3 in 1970 and 13 in 1980.

Much more and worth the read at:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/09/03/scott-walker-couldnt-be-more-wrong-about-the-threat-to-police-officers/

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Scott Walker couldn’t be more wrong about the threat to police officers (Original Post) Logical Sep 2015 OP

I always wonder if these people actually look up the info... ion_theory Sep 2015 #1

It amazes me how they lie. But I think their fans are too stupid to research anything anyway. nt Logical Sep 2015 #2

Definitely. Kinda scary when you think about it. n/t ion_theory Sep 2015 #3

Walker shows again why he dropped out of college. Archae Sep 2015 #4

rofl.... SummerSnow Sep 2015 #5

Cops are worried madokie Sep 2015 #6

So true. When the police start policing themselves the public will trust them again. nt Logical Sep 2015 #7

ion_theory

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1. I always wonder if these people actually look up the info...

Reply to Logical (Original post)

Fri Sep 4, 2015, 06:12 PM

Sep 2015

and just say '**** it. Just say the opposite.' Is there ANY type of disagreement on whether this will help, let alone the ethical implications of constantly lying, or is it just unanimous yes men and women?