Monday, November 18, 2013

You’re Eight Times More Likely to be Killed by a Police Officer than a Terrorist

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It got a lot of attention this morning when I tweeted, “You’re Eight Times More Likely to be Killed by a Police Officer than a Terrorist.” It’s been quickly retweeted dozens of times, indicating that the idea is interesting to many people. So let’s discuss it in more than 140 characters.

In case it needs saying: Police officers are unlike terrorists in almost all respects. Crucially, the goal of the former, in their vastest majority, is to have a stable, peaceful, safe, law-abiding society, which is a goal we all share. The goal of the latter is … well, it’s complicated. I’ve cited my favorite expert on that, Audrey Kurth Cronin, here and here and here. Needless to say, the goal of terrorists is not that peaceful, safe, stable society.

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  1. AnonymousNovember 18, 2013 at 5:25 PM

    What we have here are home- grown terrorists; trained and reconditioned from
    Serve and Protect patriots by the US Dept of Terrorists.

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