LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting call to Wichita police

Re:LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting c... by briandear on Saturday December 30, 2017 @06:35PM (#16038333)

I am going to strongly disagree. Being a cop is extremely dangerous — just because more cops don’t get hurt doesn’t mean it’s less dangerous. We can probably agree that being a race car driver is dangerous despite there not being a large number of injuries. Training and equipment mitigate some of the effects of the danger — but that doesn’t make it less dangerous.

Spend a night doing a police ride along in a major city, then report back on just how “not dangerous” the job is.

To be clear, I am not defending the cops in this situation, merely disputing the ridiculous claim that being a cop isn’t particularly dangerous.

How many garbage men have been killed on the job by their customers or targeted specifically because of their job? Any snipers taking out garbage men? Any garbage men getting routinely assaulted on the job?

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Re:LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting c... by ncallaway on Sunday December 31, 2017 @03:09PM (#16042591)

"I am going to strongly disagree with well established statistical evidence" usually isn't a strong starting point for an argument.

> How many garbage men have been killed on the job by their customers or targeted specifically because of their job?

Why does this matter? Dead is dead. If you're more likely to be killed or injured doing that job, why does it matter how it comes about?

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