You're making the wrong inference from this, I think. The thing about news agencies, and journalism in general, is that they generally report on rare or unusua

You're making the wrong inference from this, I think. The thing about news agencies, and journalism in general, is that they generally report on rare or unusual incidents. If Americans were regularly getting shot as a result of calling the police, it would be commonplace, and thus no longer newsworthy, so you would not see these stories.