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08-04-2016, 11:52 AM
Donald Trump said that once he becomes president, police officers will no longer be shot on the job. "We're going to make our country safe again, and we're going to make our country great again," Trump said during a rally in Jacksonville, Fla., on Wednesday night. "And we're going to have law and order, and we're going to respect our police, because you have to respect our police. We're not going to shoot our police. We're not shooting our police. It's never been so dangerous to be a policeman or woman. It's never been so dangerous."
Trump referenced the recent murders of on-duty police officers in Dallas and Louisiana, then promised the crowd: "It's going to stop, okay? It's going to stop. We're going to be law and order. It's going to stop."
Last year 123 police officers were killed in the line of duty, according to the Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. Recent years have seen far fewer deaths than in the 1970s, when more than 200 officers were killed several years in a row. In the first six months of this year, 20 officers were fatally shot in the line of duty, compared with 16 in the first six months of 2015, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page. The Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund has reported seeing the same dramatic increase.
Trump acknowledged that some police officers might also need to make some changes. An ongoing two-year study by The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/fatal-shootings-by-police-surpass-2015s-rate/2016/07/07/81b708f2-3d42-11e6-84e8-1580c7db5275_story.html) found that the number of fatal shootings by officers increased from 465 in the first six months of last year to 491 for the same period this year.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/08/03/trump-once-im-president-police-officers-will-no-longer-be-shot-on-the-job/?wpisrc=nl_politics&wpmm=1
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Trump referenced the recent murders of on-duty police officers in Dallas and Louisiana, then promised the crowd: "It's going to stop, okay? It's going to stop. We're going to be law and order. It's going to stop."
Last year 123 police officers were killed in the line of duty, according to the Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. Recent years have seen far fewer deaths than in the 1970s, when more than 200 officers were killed several years in a row. In the first six months of this year, 20 officers were fatally shot in the line of duty, compared with 16 in the first six months of 2015, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page. The Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund has reported seeing the same dramatic increase.
Trump acknowledged that some police officers might also need to make some changes. An ongoing two-year study by The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/fatal-shootings-by-police-surpass-2015s-rate/2016/07/07/81b708f2-3d42-11e6-84e8-1580c7db5275_story.html) found that the number of fatal shootings by officers increased from 465 in the first six months of last year to 491 for the same period this year.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/08/03/trump-once-im-president-police-officers-will-no-longer-be-shot-on-the-job/?wpisrc=nl_politics&wpmm=1
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CesaXh-UMAAAaLS.jpg (https://twitter.com/brecordernews/status/714693958908190720)