The NRA Comes Out in Support of Warrior Cops
by Shane Bauer - Mother Jones
Politics • October 2014 • Views: 1,390
The American Warrior article depicts police as victims: “Nobody seems more ‘targeted’ these days than those who serve in law enforcement.” Not the communities where SWAT teams are routinely deployed; not people of color, who are targeted in 71 percent of of SWAT raids even though whites are more likely to be active shooters or hostage takers. The fact is police work is safer than it’s been in decades. Assaults on cops are down 45 percent since their peak in 1971. Violent crime has fallen by nearly half since 1991.