“You might not know it from watching TV news, but FBI statistics show that crime in the U.S.—including violent crime—has been trending steadily downward for years, falling 19% between 1987 and 2011. The job of being a police officer has become safer too, as the number of police killed by gunfire plunged to 33 last year, down 50% from 2012, to its lowest level since, wait for it, 1887, a time when the population was 75% lower than it is today. So why are we seeing an ever increasing militarization of policing across the country?”
http://www.alternet.org/more-americans-killed-police-terrorists-crime-down-why-police-aggression
Related posts:
America’s Foster Care System: Test Lab For Big Pharma, Cash Cow For Caretakers?
More than half of Americans disapprove of Obamacare
Washington cops working to ‘desensitize’ drug dogs to marijuana smell
Death From Above: Navy Drone Logo Features Grim Reaper
Police Seize Smart Phone From Bystander
Astonishing Number of College Graduates Had Minimum-Wage Jobs Last Year
The Revolutionary Quantum Computer That May Not Be Quantum at All
More Texas women sue police over ‘unconstitutional’ roadside body cavity search
Should Cities Be in the Business of Issuing Debit Cards? [2013]
Canadian pot investors are being banned for life upon entry into U.S.
‘Forget About The Price Tag’ wins HHS grand prize for promoting Obamacare
Nearly Half Of American Families Live On The Edge Of Financial Ruin
Mattis, Tillerson Want Blank Check to Wage Illegal War
SecondMarket’s bitcoin offering defines new asset class
Meet CO-TRAVELER: The NSA's Cell Phone Location Tracking Program