Americans Nine Times More Likely to be Killed by a Police Officer than a Terrorist

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 steadi...

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?

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