You?re Eight Times More Likely to be Killed by a Police Officer than a Terrorist
It got a lot of attention this morning when I tweeted, ?You?re Eight Times More Likely to be Killed by a Police Officer than a Terrorist.? It?s been quickly retweeted dozens of times, indicating that the idea is interesting to many people. So let?s discuss it in more than 140 characters.
In case it needs saying: Police officers are unlike terrorists in almost all respects. Crucially, the goal of the former, in their vastest majority, is to have a stable, peaceful, safe, law-abiding society, which is a goal we all share. The goal of the latter is ? well, it?s complicated. I?ve cited my favorite expert on that, Audrey Kurth Cronin, here and here and here. Needless to say, the goal of terrorists is not that peaceful, safe, stable society.
I picked up the statistic from a blog post called: ?Fear of Terror Makes People Stupid,? which in turn cites the National Safety Council for this and lots of other numbers reflecting likelihoods of dying from various causes. So dispute the number(s) with them, if you care to.
Read much more here:
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/youre-eight-times-more-likely-to-be-killed-by-a-police-officer-than-a-terrorist/#.UCaKoi_LjXw.bloggerThis should catch a few people's attention. Now the War on Terrorism looks like even MORE of a waste and a complete useless expenditure of tax payer money, not to mention all the countries and people that we piss off everytime we accidentally kill innocents. Its a PURE interventionist imperialism that we continue to fight this useless War on Terrorism, not to mention all of our inalienable rights we have had to give away, in the name of "Fighting Terrorism."
