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In response to "Or to give perspective of how deadly this incident was to police -- nm" by zork

It's not a useful comparison. The scale of the events is still vastly different.

Posted by znufrii, dad. (aka znufrii) Jul 8 '16, 06:20

I'll stick with sensationalism as the reason of its all the same to you.

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Of course they are but it shows that you don't get many incidents where more than one or two officers are killed. -- nm - zork Jul 8, 06:23 4
- I'm not ready to credit the news media as a whole with that level of nuance. - znufrii, dad. Jul 8, 06:25 1
  - valid point -- nm - zork Jul 8, 06:53
- It's incendiary clickbait. -- nm - ty97 Jul 8, 06:24 1
  - Your reasoning, while valid, is the exact opposite reason of why the headlines are being used. -- nm - ty97 Jul 8, 06:24

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