WASHINGTON – The Washington Post reported that 2017 saw close to a thousand people killed by law enforcement in the U.S. -- 987 people in total, an increase of 16 over the number killed in 2016. According to the Post -- which has been tracking police killings since 2015, a project it began after the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri: National scrutiny
US Police Kill A Thousand Each Year While Cops Are Safer than Trash Collectors
Despite the unflagging attempts to portray a “war on cops,” data consistently shows that being a police officer is safer than many other professions. In fact, it is safer than being a taxi driver or a trash collector.