FBI Director told CBS’ 60 Minutes program that violence against police officers across the United States is a crisis that is far outpacing general violent crime and that it doesn’t get enough attention. Wray said that murders of police officers rose 59% in 2021, with the U.S. losing 73 police officers to violent attacks over the course of the year. “Violence against law enforcement in this country is one of the biggest phenomena that I think doesn’t get enough attention,” Wray said, noting that police are killed at a rate of 1 every 5 days. “Some of it is tied to the violent crime problem as a whole,” he continued. “But one of the phenomena that we saw in the last year is that an alarming percentage of the 73 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty last year were killed through things like being ambushed or shot while out on patrol. … Wearing the badge shouldn’t make you a target.” “We’re seeing more and more juveniles committing violent crime, and that’s certainly an issue. We’re seeing a certain amount of gun trafficking, interstate gun trafficking. That’s part of it. And we’re seeing an alarming frequency of some of the worst of the worst getting back out on the streets,” Wray added. The National Fraternal Order of Police said earlier this month that shooting of police officers so far in 2022 are up 43%, and that 101 cops had been shot this year as of April 1st. “We are in the midst of a real crisis. The violence directed at law enforcement officers is unlike anything I’ve seen in my 36 years of law enforcement,” said National FOP President Patrick Yoes. “Last year was one of the most dangerous years for law enforcement, with more officers shot in the line of duty since the National Fraternal Order of Police began recording this data.” (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

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