Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Number of Police Officer Killings Drops, Reversing 2014 Spike, FBI Data Shows

The number of police officers killed in crimes dropped last year, a development that could provide a counterweight to arguments that a backlash against American cops has led to them being targeted for violence.

Forty-one officers died "feloniously" — as the result of criminal acts — in 2015, down from 51 in 2014, the FBI announced Monday.

The decline reversed a dramatic one-year spike that fueled speculation that cops had come under siege amid a wave of anti-cop sentiment following a string of high-profile fatal police shootings.

With the new numbers, that spike looks more like an anomaly. 

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