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The rightwing/Republican media narrative that there is a "war on cops" doesn't pass the sniff test - in fact...
Intentional police officer deaths on President Obama's watch are at historic lows.
D. Trump in conjunction with the right wing media are pushing the treasonous Richard Nixon's 'be afraid, be very-very afraid' strategy.
Police fatalities fall under Obama
Police fatalities fall under Obama
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simplistic and inflammatory notion of a "war on cops" is completely undercut by one fundamental data point: Intentional attacks on police officers are at historically low levels under President Obama.
Data from the Officers Down Memorial Page, which tracks law enforcement officer fatalities in real time, illustrates the point. During the Reagan years, for instance, an average of 101 police officers were intentionally killed each year. Under George H.W. Bush that number fell to 90. It fell further, to 81 deaths per year, under Bill Clinton, and to 72 deaths per year under George W. Bush.
Under Obama, the average number of police intentionally killed each year has fallen to its lowest level yet — an average of 62 deaths annually through 2015. If you include the 2016 police officer shootings year-to-date and project it out to a full year, that average of 62 deaths doesn't change.
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The rightwing/Republican media narrative that there is a "war on cops" doesn't pass the sniff test - in fact...
Intentional police officer deaths on President Obama's watch are at historic lows.
D. Trump in conjunction with the right wing media are pushing the treasonous Richard Nixon's 'be afraid, be very-very afraid' strategy.
Police fatalities fall under Obama
Police fatalities fall under Obama
<snip>
simplistic and inflammatory notion of a "war on cops" is completely undercut by one fundamental data point: Intentional attacks on police officers are at historically low levels under President Obama.
Data from the Officers Down Memorial Page, which tracks law enforcement officer fatalities in real time, illustrates the point. During the Reagan years, for instance, an average of 101 police officers were intentionally killed each year. Under George H.W. Bush that number fell to 90. It fell further, to 81 deaths per year, under Bill Clinton, and to 72 deaths per year under George W. Bush.
Under Obama, the average number of police intentionally killed each year has fallen to its lowest level yet — an average of 62 deaths annually through 2015. If you include the 2016 police officer shootings year-to-date and project it out to a full year, that average of 62 deaths doesn't change.
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