Why Are Americans Killing More Cops?

Ted Rall asks Why Are Americans Killing More Cops? His conclusion is:

Harsh sentencing laws are killing police officers.

He says that:

Violent crime in general is decreasing. But more cops are being killed in the line of duty. According to the FBI, 72 police officers died under fire in 2011. That’s up 25 percent from 2010 and up 75 percent from 2008.

The Honour Roll of the NSW Police lists all of the police officers killed on duty since the formation in 1862. In the past ten (10) years, four (4) police officers have been killed by offenders escaping arrest:

Date	Name	Manner of Death
3 Apr 2002	Const Glenn McEnallay	shot by an offender following a pursuit (posthumously awarded Commissioner's Valour Award)
11 Nov 2006	Sen Const Gordon Wilson	struck by motor vehicle at a vehicle stop
9 Sept 2010	Det Const William Arthur George Crews	shot during the execution of a search warrant in Bankstown NSW. (Posthumously awarded Commissioner's Valour Award).
2 Mar 2012	Senior Constable David James Rixon	shot whilst conducting a traffic stop in Tamworth NSW. (Posthumously awarded Commissioner's Valour Award).

Rall argues that due to the “three-strikes” laws in place, crimminals are no worse off if they do shot at police officers. The law has lost its deterrent effect due to its harshness.

Rall continues:

Another factor that authorities and “tough on crime” politicians fail to consider is how the increased militarization of civilian police forces dehumanizes them in the eyes of the public. Police outfitted in riot gear respond to peaceful protests attended by families with swinging batons and pepper spray. Traffic cops dress like they’re patrolling the Sunni Triangle rather than the suburbs, scowling at the taxpayers who pay their salaries as they sweat under their Kevlar vests.

We have now entering the realm of Fourth Generation Warfare where the state is at war with its citizens. Marxists would call it the intensification of the class war. The capitalists have become more ruthless in their exploitation of the workers.