tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406088964942152547.post5699746271150835959..comments2024-03-28T21:31:47.191-04:00Comments on The Abode of McThag: Losing Sight Of RightsAngus McThaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295013525738248801noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406088964942152547.post-42220738891262409572016-08-24T14:26:27.750-04:002016-08-24T14:26:27.750-04:00BLM Political bullshit aside, being a cop is a sa...BLM Political bullshit aside, being a cop is a safe job....given what their job description is, it's AMAZINGLY safe.<br /><br />And when it comes to officers getting killed, the VAST majority of officer-related death are traffic accidents. Officers getting shot is really statistical noise when you think of how many officers are out there. (You have a 0.005% chance of getting fatally shot this year if you have a badge, if I remember my numbers).<br /><br />But then think of how many more people are killed by police shootings, the numbers change a little because its the millions of us, vs the hundreds of thousands of them.....still the chances of the very same cop putting a bullet into another person is several orders of magnitude higher than them feeling a bullet themselves.<br /><br />Given that our culture accepts Fishermen, miners, and heavy machine operators....all of whom don't involve the public in their VERY dangerous jobs, cops need to accept at least a FRACTION of those other risks so that the people they protect and serve can be, in fact, better protected.Weer'd Beardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528978001340070552noreply@blogger.com