US police killed a record number of people in 2023

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  • In 2023, police in the U.S. Killed over 1,300 people, marking a steady increase in police killings, as reported by Mapping Police Violence.
  • There were only 14 days without a police killing, and on average, a person was killed by law enforcement every 6.6 hours.
  • While the number of people killed by gunfire and officers killed in the line of duty declined, this data highlights the need for significant changes in policing in the country.
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officers killed in the line of duty declined

In other words -- violence continues to drop while the pigs get more and more violent.

https://www.facilities.udel.edu/safety/4689/

Cops are 22nd most dangerous career in America. They don't even cut it in the TOP 20. This according to the University of Delaware. Good thing we LITERALLY give them military hardware and equipment to use on the citizens.

  1. Logging workers
  2. Aircraft pilots and flight engineers
  3. Derrick operators in oil, gas, and mining
  4. Roofers
  5. Garbage collectors
  6. Ironworkers
  7. Delivery drivers
  8. Farmers
  9. Firefighting supervisors
  10. Power linemen
  11. Agricultural workers
  12. Crossing guards
  13. Crane operators
  14. Construction helpers
  15. Landscaping supervisors
  16. Highway maintenance workers
  17. Cement masons
  18. Small engine mechanics
  19. Supervisors of mechanics
  20. Heavy vehicle mechanics
  21. Grounds maintenance workers
  22. Police officers
  23. Maintenance workers
  24. Construction workers
  25. Mining machine operators

Delivery drivers

Confirm. Before the advent of the current doordash-uber-postmates fiasco, I worked delivery for four different restaurants. I went to neighborhoods where cops eating at our restaurant(s) flat out told me they won't go. With a pocket full of cash, no backup, in my regular old not bulletproof personal vehicle.

I was strapped as fuck, of course, but still.

Cops are pussies.

And police are tied with grounds maintenance, and maintenance workers. But only one of the three gets military hardware. ><

I've read often that if you account for automotive accidents, they drop out of the top 500, and out of the top 100 if you start including dangerous niche jobs.

18 - small engine mechanics?

Why on earth are they dying from their job?

Imagine you’re working on a small engine, and then out of nowhere a black woman exists, asleep in her bed, and you didn’t have a gun to shoot her with. Bam, you’re dead.

They make trips to service boat engines, and transportation accidents and falls are the most common killer here. My brain supplied an additional theory when it mentioned lawnmower repair, but hopefully there’s a foolproof way to temporarily disable the blades, no matter how old or damaged the lawnmower

hopefully there’s a foolproof way to temporarily disable the blades,

Unplug the spark plug and tuck the wire out of the way.

There's probably not as many small engine mechanics out there so that'll accentuate a smaller number of injuries and deaths.

but also, as a small engine mechanic you're working with an explosive device. It's controlled explosion, but it's been designed to be compact and lightweight while still providing a decent power output. I imagine that if anything goes wrong, that thing turns into an IED pretty quick.

Not to mention that some small engines use fancy fuel that can fuck you up pretty quick, and all engines are prone to catching fire.

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