&gt; So let&#x27;s not blame officers. They&#x27;re probably doing the best they can with a bad situation.<p>I don&#x27;t know how you come to this conclusion from the data you&#x27;re citing.<p>You seem to be claiming that LEOs kill more people because more people attack LEOs with guns; i.e. you&#x27;re arguing that LEOs kill more people in self-defense. But you&#x27;re far from proving that point.<p>In fact, the easiest way to prove this point would be to have data on police shootings: if every officer had body-cam footage of every time they fired in self-defense, your argument would be proven. Yet the majority of police officers are resistant to wearing body cams. If LEOs are really firing in defense of self or others, why are they so opposed to proving it?<p>One could make the opposite argument: that people who use guns against LEOs are doing so in self-defense. The fuck-the-police attitude is equally explained by this: if the police are murdering your fathers, brothers, and friends, <i>of course</i> you&#x27;re going to thing &quot;fuck the police&quot;. And this would explain why LEOs in the US are so resistant to body cams: if they are the aggressors in these situations, then they aren&#x27;t going to want footage showing their crimes.<p>I think that the evidence better supports the latter argument. But of course, we&#x27;re short on evidence: we&#x27;re a long way from proving <i>either</i> point. This is why we need more evidence. If, as you claim, LEOs are acting in self-defense, the evidence will only exonerate them.