Blame Me, Cop Edition
July 23rd, 2010 admin
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It’s terrible that police officer deaths in the line of duty are up 43% this year over last. Not because the death of police officers, regardless of how “line of duty” is defined, are more significant than the death of any other person, but because the untimely death of a person who happens to be a police officer is as significant and unfortunate. That doesn’t make it my fault, however. Via FoxNews : Eugene O’Donnell, professor of police studies at John Jay …
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