Iraq war veteran speaks out against the blatant lies being told in the local police academy

[Bubzer]

An Iraq war veteran just published a guest editorial for The Daily Beast under an assumed name. It's a powerful, must-read piece.
Having served as a military police officer in Iraq and elsewhere, the veteran, writing as "Clayton Jenkins," is currently enrolled in a rural red state police academy. It was there that he immediately experienced the barrage of lies about the fictional war on police taking place in the United States. Clayton writes:


The War on Cops is a grossly inaccurate response to recent police killings which are on track for another year that will rival the safest on record. Gunfire deaths by police officers are down 27 percent this year, according to the Officer Down memorial page, and police killings in general are at a 20-year low, given current numbers for 2015. Police deaths in Barack Obama’s presidency are lower than the past four administrations, going all the way back to Ronald Reagan’s presidency.

It's deeply troubling when police ignore facts and present propaganda as truth. If they will do it here, what's to stop them from ignoring facts and presenting false evidence elsewhere?

More on this police academy's false narrative below

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/14/1421126/-Iraq-war-veteran-speaks-out-against-the-blatant-lies-being-told-in-the-local-police-academy?detail=facebook

[Rex]

1. "Police deaths in Barack Obama’s presidency are lower than the past four administrations"

Yet that won't be reported as huge news by the M$M. They don't like the POTUS.

Good to hear from an honest cop.

[SoLeftIAmRight]

2. sissy cop - the most dangerous job in the world is...

One out of eleven US presidents have been killed - that is a dangerous job

[Lee-Lee]

3. As I've posted before only measuring deaths on the job is a flawed standard

Much of the decrease in deaths on the job is attributable not to fewer assaults, but far better medical science that saves more and far better first aid training for cops as well as far better trained and equipped re medical responders.

All that means a cop shot, stabbed or assaulted now is far more likely to survive than one shot 5-10-15 years ago.

Add to that body armor- infrequently worn even 20 years ago, and the advances in technology make it more effective and give cops better protection than they had even a few years ago, and now wear is pretty much 100%.

All those, plus better training, radios and other tools mean that gunshots and other assaults are far more survivable now- so you can't actually say fewer cops are assaulted or injured only because death rates have fallen.

So just comparing death rates with prior years, without mention of the actual rates of assault and injury and without adjusting for all the advances I noted above is a pretty meaningless statistic.