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Originally Posted by SteveZ
There are approximately 17,000 murders in the USA each year ( http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/offens..._homicide.html). That breaks out to about 46 per day.
There have been 18 law enforcement officers in the USA gunned down so far this year (that's roughly one a week).
What make Dr. Hiller's death more sad than any one of the other 45 people killed on the same day? What about the three policemen killed so far this month alone? They didn't even get a short line in the news.
Where's the concern for all of the others? Why should an abortionist's murder rate more concern than the rest of the murdered population? |
Were any of these law enforcement offices gunned down at their house of worship? Where any of them targeted for death over a number of years? Was any of them gunned down before? My commenting on his death has absolutely nothing to do with theirs. Perhaps we should start another string about the high rate of murders in this country. Would you like to do that or should I?
I can certainly feel for the 17,000 murders and clearly be upset at the number of Chicago children killed just this year alone. As for the 18 police officers killed in the line of duty my heart goes out to their families.
My point was here is a doctor that was doing his job but he was targeted by some very committed people and from all accounts law enforcement looked the other way.
We all need to tone down the rhetoric....we here are not the problem but who knows who is tuning in and what they might do.