Cenk Uygur
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Is Being A Police Officer More Dangerous Than It Used To Be?
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December 31, 2016
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8:30Now PlayingThere were some very highprofile attacks on police officers in 2016. Is the job getting more dangerous? Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, John Iadarola, and Grace Baldridge, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"Hundreds of protesters snaked their way through downtown Dallas one evening this past July. Emotions were running high following fatal police shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota, incidents that were captured on video in graphic detail. The Dallas demonstrators called for an end to the bloodshed and for measures to increase accountability for police officers who kill civilians. Despite the tension, it was a peaceful event by all accounts.
Then came a volley of gunfire. And then another and another.
By the end, a lone gunman had fatally wounded five police officers and injured nine others. The carnage stopped when police detonated a bomb carried by a robot, killing the suspect, a former member of the Army Reserves who was discharged in 2015. He was reportedly not connected to any of the groups protesting that night.
The July 7 shooting was the deadliest single incident for U.S. law enforcement since Sept. 11, 2001. Just 10 days later, a gunman shot and killed three police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in what authorities called another “ambush-style” attack.
The two events highlighted a year in which violence against the police repeatedly dominated the news cycle. A total of 62 officers were deliberately shot and killed while on the job in the U.S. and Puerto Rico this year, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page, a website that independently tracks a broad range of data on law enforcement deaths. Two other officers died after being intentionally struck by suspects in vehicles.”*
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Hosts: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, John Iadarola, Grace Baldridge
Cast: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, John Iadarola, Grace Baldridge
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