You....you realize that cop deaths are near a 60 year low. This despite the number of cops being a near an all time high. And that assaults against cops have been steadily dropping for most of Obama's presidency....right?
You know both of these things...but you really hope we don't. As usual, your argument works best with an uninformed audience.
Yes deaths are down.....thanks to vests, better tactics and better trauma care.
Says who? Remember.....when the government started huge block grants for vests, cop deaths JUMPED by 20% over 2 years. They didn't return to their pre-grant levels until Obama took office. And then they plummeted.
And, unsurprisingly, assaults against police have also plummeted. You think the huge drop in assaults against police might have something to do with it too?
A rational person might.
Its the safetest time to be cop in more than a century with cops deaths near a 60 year low despite many, many more police officers than we had before. Assaults have gone down, per capita death rates have plummeted.
But tell us again about your imagined 'war on cops'.
Well....vest grant was 1999. 9/11 killed a lot of cops.
And you know that the numbers I'm citing DON'T include any cop who died in 911. As we've discussed this issue before [bold added for emphasis]
Post# 15
"Lets this think this through, Bucky. According to you, the cops didn't have vests before 1999. Then the government starts giving them vests. Slowly. So in 2000...the had everything they had in 1999, plus more vests. And yet MORE cops died. In 2001, they had everything they did in 1999 plus even more vests. Yet even MORE cops died, jumping up 20% from 1999 levels
even taking out all the cops that died in 911.
In 2002....2003....2004....2005.....2006....2007...2008....they had everything they did in 1999. Plus even more vests each year.
But the death rate was STILL above 1999 levels."
Skylar
Texas: ANOTHER cop shot; Like the 8th or 9th in 48 hours.
You know it doesn't include cops that died in 911. But you hope we don't. As your argument, as always, relies on the ignorance of your audience. You don't want to talk to someone who is informed. You want to talk to people who are ignorant.
Because they might actually buy your bullshit. The informed people....not so much.
Then it died down when Obama took office. You're learning. Wanna know what helped fuel that?
Sounds like you've got a brand new conspiracy, Bucky! Please, let us in your latest pile of pure molten batshit.
Remembering of course that assaults on cops have been dropped steadily....and for over half a decade.