Report: Police officers killed by firearms jumped 56% in 2014

Report: Police officers killed by firearms jumped 56% in 2014 | Ars Technica:
"Firearms-related deaths of law enforcement officials in the US increased 56 percent in 2014 over the prior year, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund has concluded.
About one-third of the deaths were a result of an ambush, the fund said.
The 2014 Law Enforcement Officer Fatalities Report [PDF] said 50 officers were killed by guns in 2014 compared to 32 the year before. 
Fifteen were killed by ambush, according to the report.
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The increase comes amid a flurry of anti-police sentiment following the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri and the choke-hold death of Eric Garner by the New York Police Department.
Garner's arrest was captured on video, and it was among one of dozens of clips featuring police misconduct to widely circulate on the Internet in 2014."