And Florida has the second highest death toll from Covid- higher than New York, which was hit first and hardest.
TRump didn't do anything to develop a vaccine, and he completely fucked up initial distribution.
The Census makes no such distinctions. In fact, it is required to count ALL people, not just citizens. The Citizenship question was dropped in 1950 because it had nothing to do with the actual census, which is to get an accurate count of how many people live in the US.
Point is, I specified Shooting, you want to throw in other causes of death.
But fine. let's play it your way. Officer Down Memorial Page- 2021 - Keep in mind, this bit of noxious Copaganda also includes correctional officers.
The Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP) is dedicated to remembering all law enforcement officers who have fallen in the line of duty.
www.odmp.org
Of 651 officers who died on the job in 2021 -
Total Line of Duty Deaths: 651
Only 79 were killed by bad guys. ANd it's not like we are going to do anything sensible like making it harder for crooks to get guns. Most of the rest of the deaths were Covid, vehicle accidents, heart attacks, etc.
Okay, so now lets' look at how many civilians are killed by police.
Police shot and killed at least 1,055 people nationwide last year, the highest total since The Washington Post began tracking fatal shootings by officers in 2015 — underscoring the difficulty of reducing such incidents despite sustained public attention to the issue.
Most of the state legislatures are controlled by Republicans, and they really abused it in states like FL and TX.