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[–] 110 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Our brave boys in blue, ladies and gentlemen.

There are 22 jobs in the U.S. statistically more dangerous than being a cop.

Cowards. So many of them are cowards.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    You missed the most dangerous job: US president.

    1/10 of all presidents have been assassinated and 1/5 of presidents died in office

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    That's why they form a gang, because the only way they can feel strong is if they outnumber you.

    That's why it takes fifteen fucking cops to "deal with" a single homeless person in a public park who isn't bothering anybody.

    If they do that during the day, with enough people around, people will whip out their phones to record the cops and the cops will give up and leave and stop harassing.

    If they do it during the evening, and there's not very many people around, and only one person whips out their phone.... The cops will arrest the person who whipped out their phone, too, because they outnumber them.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yep, and this is just tracking mortality. You would think, oh hey maybe they look better if you included things like workplace violence......nope. Pretty much 80% of work place violence happens to healthcare workers and social workers.

    So pretty much every healthcare worker has experienced more violence in their work than police officers. I've had patients take swings at me in my hospital, it's a fairly natural response to being in pain, on drugs, or disoriented. But just because your occupation has the potential to introduce you to a violent environment, that doesn't justify your own participation in it.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    I’m a very nonviolent and nonconfrontational person, but I once had a boil in a sensitive spot lanced without adequate pain control, and it took all my self control to not FIGHT it. Stone cold sober, knowing it needed to be done, my body physically wanted to fight the doctor to make it stop. It’s nuts to expect someone who’s not completely there for whatever reason to be completely in control of that instinct, but it’s what cops expect people to do.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago
    1. Small engine mechanics
      Fatal injury rate: 15 per 100,000 workers
      Total deaths (2018): 8
      Salary: $37,840
      Most common fatal accidents: Transportation incidents, violence and other injuries by persons or animals

    What the absolute fuck?

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