One of the most common, ongoing struggles we face in our sanctification as believers is the area of anger. And one of the most common ways we mismanage our anger is by failing to distinguish between righteous and sinful anger, and response.
Overall, police have killed at least 67 people since Kaepernickâs protest began, according to The Guardianâs database. Roughly 22 percent of the victims have been black. Police have killed more than 780 people so far in 2016, according to The Guardianâs numbers. At least 193 of those people â or about 25 percent â were black.
Eight Shot Dead: 2016 Sees Year-Over-Year Spike In Cops Killed By Gunfire. Already this year, eight on-duty police officers have been killed by gunfire â including five this week alone. The 2016 gunfire fatalities mark a notable increase from the same Jan. 1 through Feb. 11 period last year, when just one officer was shot dead, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. In total, 11 officers have died this year, versus 13 officers in the same time frame last year.