Police killed more people in the U.S. in 2022 than any year on record.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

https://mappingpoliceviolence.us/

Black people have been 24% of those killed by police in 2022 despite being only 13% of the population.

There were 12 days in 2022 when police did not kill anyone.

Most killings by police began with traffic stops, mental health checks, disturbances, non-violent offenses and where no crime was alleged.

This institution cannot be reformed.

[Faux pas]

1. Kickin' with DISGUST

[judesedit]

2. OMG! SHAMEFUL to put it mildly

[live love laugh]

3. Calling the police for help can get you killed by them. WTF

[Sneederbunk]

4. 228 line of duty deaths for 2022

[ret5hd]

5. Jobs more dangerous than police:

https://www.invictuslawpc.com/most-dangerous-jobs-osha/

[WhiskeyGrinder]

6. The plurality of which came from COVID, and almost half of which came from COVID and car crashes.

[Sky Jewels]

16. I'll bet almost all of the cops who died from Covid were Trumpy anti-vaxxers.

[48656c6c6f20]

10. You're right but I don't see any deaths from being black policeman.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 228
9/11 related illness 4
Accidental 1
Aircraft accident 6
Animal related 1
Automobile crash 32
COVID-19 73
Duty related illness 7
Fire 1
Gunfire 60
Gunfire (Inadvertent)4 ok. That's weird.
Heart attack 11
Heatstroke 2
Motorcycle crash 3
Struck by vehicle 4
Training accident 1
Vehicle pursuit 4
Vehicular assault 14

[A HERETIC I AM]

17. If you put that post up to try and make the point that cops do a dangerous job...

it's a fucking MYTH.

Being a policeman is NOT a dangerous job by any stretch, but they just love to perpetuate the idea that they get up every morning and "put their lives on the line". It is complete horseshit, and no one should buy it for one second.



The police in this country are nothing more than an armed gang who consider themselves above the law and can and will completely ruin your life for nothing more than hurt feelings.

FTP
ACAB.

[ybbor]

18. Hear Hear

I’ve always said, if you are threatened by everyone you deal with to do your job, than get another job.

Most of those killed were harmless victims. Sandra Bland had her dream job life destroyed for nothing. Still breaks my heart.

[liberalmuse]

7. I'm seriously much more afraid of the police than the criminals.

If you call them where I live, even if you're being robbed or threatened with murder, they will likely not show up. I've seen cops sitting in their cars watching crimes taking place then doing absolutely nothing. Of course if I were to protest downtown they'd be out in full force with military gear, ready to shoot because peaceful protestors are seen by them as the biggest danger. When we let ideologues infiltrate all of our judicial and law enforcement institutions, those institutions will be rended useless and eventually will become extremely dangerous.

[Magoo48]

8. Lack of training, lack of screening, lack of drug testing, roid rage...

[WhiskeyGrinder]

9. They've added training and screening and funding and reforms for years, and this is the result.

[DallasNE]

11. Per Capita, how does this compare

With other nations that track this data?

[ancianita]

12. NM ended qualified immunity for all police in the state. So should the other 49.

The public doesn't pay police to murder with impunity. Police should earn that money by behaving as if they have a duty to preserve life, liberty and not just property and commercial policy interests. Police = Policy enforcers

[crickets]

13. 👆👆 Good for NM. Qualified immunity is insupportable. It has to go. nt

[WhiskeyGrinder]

14. New Mexico cops killed more people in 2022 than in each of the last 10 years.

[Sky Jewels]

15. This.

We need it everywhere.

The violent, racist, power-drunk mofo cops need to feel the weight of consequences hanging over them.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

19. Afternoon kick.

[Solly Mack]

20. K&R

[WhiskeyGrinder]

21. Happy new year, Solly Mack.

Here's to justice in 2023.

[Solly Mack]

22. Happy New Year to you too, WhiskeyGrinder.

We'll see.