The other side of police shootings

[The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior]

is when the cop gets shot during a traffic stop

http://news.yahoo.com/memphis-police-officer-fatally-shot-during-traffic-stop-050151418.html#

[J. Hugh Sullivan]

Due to posts by a few people here, does it really matter since the cop
was not black?

If the perp is black will the Half White House issue a Certificate of
Achievement?

Hugh

[andre...@gmail.com]

On Sunday, August 2, 2015 at 10:14:12 PM UTC-4, The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior wrote:
> is when the cop gets shot during a traffic stop
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/memphis-police-officer-fatally-shot-during-traffic-stop-050151418.html#

This sort of false equivalence is a new low for you.

[The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior]

Shootings by police are an enormous problem - and this is the other side of the coin.

One does not preclude the other - and no one is saying they're "equal"

[andre...@gmail.com]

One side of the coin is in a 33% decline. The other side is up 117%.

[The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior]

Yes - excellent stat - and there's certainly a negative feedback loop in both directions.

[andre...@gmail.com]

Let's correct that using the same order CH used:

One side of the coin is up 117%. The other side is in a 33% decline.

We know policing is dangerous work--even though it's not even the most dangerous job out there. But by saying "The other side of police shootings" suggests that police are *more* at risk than they've been in the past, when in fact, the opposite is true. And bringing it up when there has been a focus on police shootings--when, in fact, police shootings are up *astronomically*--suggests strongly, like it or not, that the two issues should have equal weight.

[The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior]

Or it could suggest that sometimes we only focus one side of an issue - and for every issue there are at minimum two sides - and we tend to gloss over all the other parts of the whole and by looking at the whole, perhaps we can get a better picture.

We have spent a LOT of time here on shootings by police - worth remembering that sometimes police get shot.

[J. Hugh Sullivan]

Another wonder of the world... Dre admits there are TWO sides.

NOW maybe y'all can discuss possible solutions. WE already know the
reasons and he is not wrong about those - just about the uniqueness of
being one-sided.

Hugh