re: #135 goddamnedfrank

The police now have the most dangerous job in the country. I pray for their safety and for these senseless murders to stop. #BlueLivesMatter

— Ty Roberts (@Ty1865) July 8, 2016

Nope. Police not even close to the most dangerous job in the US. https://t.co/GNiHnvalUb https://t.co/f66t86reUd

— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) July 8, 2016

People do love to mythologize cops.

I think we all need to memorize this list from the article you linked to, for the next time we hear about how dangerous cops’ jobs are. They were number:

15 Police and sheriff’s patrol officers

behind:

1 Logging workers
2 Fishers and related fishing workers
3 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers
4 Roofers
5 Refuse and recyclable material collectors
6 Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers
7 Structural iron and steel workers
8 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
9 Electrical power-line installers and repairers
10 Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
11 First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers
12 Construction laborers
13 First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
14 Maintenance and repairs workers, general

I guess none of their lives matter?