Like... all that just to not get a little pinch in the arm twice. Biggest fucking babies on the planet.
COVID was the biggest cause of death for cops in 2020 (62% of all police deaths -
link).
CNN reports five times as many police officers killed by COVID as by firearms (
link).
These numbers aren't huge in absolute terms (from the CNN link: "
The total stands at 476 Covid-19 related deaths since the start of the pandemic, compared to 94 from gunfire in the same period.") ...but I imagine the cities, counties, and states are pushing the mandate to reduce the number of deaths of dumb cops, so they're not liable to pay out all the pension money or other costs of dying in the line of duty, when their families assert that they contracted COVID on the job.
Of course when 476 cops are killed by COVID in a year, the usual suspects will shrug their shoulders and say it's just a statistic.
Imagine the reaction if 476 cops were killed by "BLM" protestors though... The same people would be demanding David Duke run for president and rushing to form their own KKK chapters.>