In 2021, 73 US policemen will be killed, 1 policeman is killed every 5 days

Funeral for Wilbert Mora, a police officer in New York, USA who was killed by a suspect in January 2022 – Photo: GETTY IMAGES

In an interview with CBS News’ 60 Minutes program, Wray said that 73 US police officers were killed in the incident. performing official duties in the year 2021.

According to Mr Wray, violence against police is an “understood phenomenon”.

On average, one policeman is killed every five days, he said, and about 1,000 people are killed by police every year in the US. Of these, a small percentage leads to criminal charges.

Mr Wray said incidents of violence against police “were tied to the problem of violent crime in general”. However, authorities believe that many police officers are targeted by criminals and that they are “ambushed or shot while on patrol”.

However, Mr. Wray did not clarify how many of the 73 police deaths in 2021 were targeted by criminals.

In addition, overall homicides across the United States have also increased significantly since 2019.

In 2020, FBI data estimates that homicides in the US are up 29% from 2019.

On a per capita basis, there were 6.5 homicides per 100,000 population this year. This figure shows that the COVID-19 epidemic has not reduced the number of homicides in the US.