Law enforcement deaths on the rise

2012 is picking up where 2011 ended with deadly shootings of law enforcement officers. NBC’s Pete Williams reports that the number of police officers who died in the line of duty in 2011 increased 14 percent, with an alarming number of those deaths from firearms. (Nightly News)

MSNBC | January 24, 2012

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