On the afternoon of the 26th local time, two police officers were shot in St. Louis, Missouri, USA;
On the evening of the 26th, a deputy sheriff in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA was shot several times;
On the 27th, three police officers were shot in Houston, Texas.
According to statistics from Fox News on the 28th, in the past 48 hours alone, at least six law enforcement officers in the United States have been shot. Violence against police officers in the United States has soared in recent years, with the number of police officers killed in 2021 hitting a 20-year record, official figures show.
The chief of the St. Louis Police Department said on the 26th that two police officers in the city were shot in the afternoon when they stopped the wanted vehicle. One of the officers was shot in the leg and is in a "very critical, very unstable" condition, while the other was shot in the abdomen.
"I want the public to pray for our police, this is a difficult time," the chief said at a news conference. "Their police are doing everything they can to keep the public safe, but things like this keep happening." .
Fox News quoted sources as saying that both officers were in their 20s. At present, the suspects have been detained.
Later on the 26th, another shooting occurred in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. At a news conference, the Milwaukee Sheriff said a 26-year-old police officer in the city was chasing a suspect and was shot several times in the arm and body.
"Thank goodness the shot was not life-threatening," the sheriff said. He later revealed that in the past two weeks, the city's law enforcement officers encountered armed objects and were shot and wounded twice while on duty.
The same incident happened in Houston, Texas. On the 27th local time, three Houston police officers were shot in a shooting incident and were hospitalized. The three were injured in the feet, legs and arms. Currently, the three are in stable condition.
The suspect was arrested shortly after the shooting, local police said.
Since the Floyd incident in 2020, there have been successive protests against police violence and racial discrimination across the United States, but ironically, the police still frequently use violent repression methods when dealing with related activities, causing public outcry.
The National Public Radio (NPR) has analyzed that the militarization and radicalization of the American police has led to a large number of manslaughter incidents, and the protests it triggered have once again attracted violent police suppression. This vicious circle is the fundamental reason why the confrontation between the police and the people in the United States continues and the riots are difficult to quell.
Since then, the long-standing resentment between the police and the people in the United States has rapidly intensified, and conflicts between the two sides have continued.
According to data released by the FBI in early January, violence against police officers in the United States has soared in recent years, with the number of police officers killed in 2021 reaching 73, a record high in the past 20 years.