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In reply to the discussion: We must NOT buy into the narrative that a cop's life is worth more than any other [View all]ellenrr
(3,864 posts)but I disagree that cops are more likely of being seriously hurt.
I posted elsewhere the number of cops killed in the line of duty in all of 2013.
You can look it up. I don't remember the number. I think it was 300 something, but I could be wrong.
And -to me - the point is not they are or are not in a dangerous job.
I remember when a subway worker was killed on the job.
Do you think there was an outcry like this?
I can assure you there was not.
My point is that people follow the narrative, of going overboard for police, bec. they do not think, they just react, and they hear on the news - all the discussion, so they follow along.
They do not ask, why are cops lionized in our society?
Bec. they have a dangerous job?
Bec. everybody loves cops?
No.. they are lionized bec the dominant societal narrative has to present the cop as hero,
so as to try negate the narrative of the cop who kills out of racial hatred.