Posted on 01/02/2011 5:06:10 PM PST by rawhide
*SNIFF* *SNIFF*
I believe I smell the ZOT cannon warming up...
No it was not sexist. For young children to lose a mother is devastating in the way that the loss of a father isnt. I was raised by a mother who lost her mother very young, and the impact it had on her and all her siblings was terrible, and lasted all their lives.
I agree with you.
Not ok, just different. Young children need a mother more.
Man accused of killing deputy sparked similar confrontation in 2001 Female veteran dies, township officer wounded in gunbattle with suspect at campground in Clark County; police kill shooter Sunday, January 2, 2011 03:00 AM Updated: Sunday, January 2, 2011 11:57 PM By Charlie Boss and Jim Woods THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH SPRINGFIELD, Ohio—The man who killed a Clark County deputy sheriff Saturday had a similar confrontation nine years ago in which he shot at deputies while holed up in a camper.
Michael L. Ferryman, 57, who officials said fatally shot Deputy Suzanne Waughtel Hopper and then died during a shootout with officers, also fired shots at deputies in Morgan County in 2001.
No one was hurt in the incident near Malta, and Ferryman was later found not guilty by reason of insanity and sent to a psychiatric facility in Columbus.
Authorities identified Ferryman today as the man who fired a shotgun at close range and killed Hopper, 40, who had responded to reports of gunfire at a trailer park in Enon, a village west of Springfield. During the shootout that followed, a township police officer was wounded, and Ferryman died.
Hopper appears to be the first law-enforcement officer in the nation to be killed in the line of duty this year.
"It's a loss for this community," said Clark County Sheriff Gene Kelly, who became choked up during a news conference today.
He said the state Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation is handling the investigation, including securing the crime scene and probing the deaths of Ferryman and Hopper.
Morgan County Prosecutor Mark Howdyshell said, "You've got to be kidding me" when he was told by The Dispatch today that Ferryman had killed the Clark County deputy.
On Sept. 5, 2001, Ferryman was sharing a camper with his girlfriend Maria Holsinger-Blessing on AEP recreation grounds when they became upset with other campers who had taken firewood from a community pile. The Morgan County sheriff's office was called about shots being fired at other campers, according to Associated Press reports.
When deputies approached the couple's campsite, shots rang out. At least 16 shots were fired at deputies as the couple barricaded themselves inside their camper.
It took 26 hours of negotiations before Ferryman and Holsinger-Blessing surrendered the next afternoon. Both were charged with felonious assault, news reports said.
Ferryman was first found mentally incompetent to stand trial, Howdyshell said. In January 2002, Ferryman was committed for a year to Twin Valley Behavioral Healthcare on the Hilltop in Columbus, according to the Zanesville Times-Recorder.
When Ferryman went to trial, he was found not guilty by reason of insanity, said Howdyshell, who then was assistant county prosecutor.
A few weeks ago, Howdyshell said he was talking with a state mental-health official about another case when Ferryman's name came up. Howdyshell said he knew that Ferryman had been in a halfway house in Springfield and had been under supervised release.
Saturday's shootout is reminiscent of Ferryman's altercation with Morgan County authorities.
Hopper and a sergeant were the first to respond to the call about 11:45 a.m. at 2401 Enon Rd. in the Enon Beach campground, about 50 miles west of Columbus.
Hopper and the sergeant interviewed people who said shots had been fired into their trailer. Hopper was examining footprints outside another trailer when the door opened. She only had time to call the sergeant's name before she was shot once with a shotgun, Kelly said. Ferryman returned to his trailer and refused to come out. About 50 law-enforcement officers and two special-response teams from neighboring areas came to help, Kelly said. A gunfight broke out after numerous attempts to coax Ferryman from his trailer failed, and Jeremy Blum, an officer with the German Township Police Department, was shot in the shoulder. Kelly said Blum has a collapsed lung but was in fair condition at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. Once the gunfire subsided, officers found Ferryman dead. Kelly wouldn't say whether the wound was self-inflicted or occurred during the shootout. Eight of his deputies are on leave because they were involved in the shootout. Hopper, a mother of two who was recently married, had received several commendations since joining the sheriff's office in 1999. Her personnel file is full of positive evaluations and letters from families she's helped.
Ken McGarvey, who lived next to Hopper, said she went beyond her duties by bringing food and clothing to families she had helped earlier. He called her a strong-minded woman who was dedicated to helping others.
"She didn't have an opportunity to defend herself. If that was the case, she would have won," he said.
Today, a handful of deputies lined up outside Clark County offices in downtown Springfield to salute Hopper, whose body was being transported from the Montgomery County coroner's office.
The hearse was flanked by sheriff's, Enon police and Mad River Township fire vehicles. Streets were temporarily blocked while it made its way to the Littleton & Rue Funeral Home. "It's a small, small token," Kelly said.
cboss@dispatch.com jwoods@dispatch.com
Agree.
Wow! I grew up in Morgan County and I remember this prior incident. Did not recall his name as being a local though.
Agreed. Another reason why our legal system should be completely overhauled. I mean why do we have inmates on deathrow for an eternity? I’m so sick of hearing the phrase “better to let the guilty go free than to mistakenly convict an innocent”
I believe this perp had previous run ins with the law?
Ever heard of “Parental Alienation?” That’s where mom’s divorce the dad (or unmarried women shun the fathers) and then start to brainwash the children against dad i.e. “Your dad is no good, he’s a bum, etc.” over and over 24/7. Soon the child does not want to be around dad, but mom is more than willing to have a court order to enforce matriarchy support, err I mean CHILD support. Now the same man has a COURT ORDER saying he’s allowed parenting time with said child. Do you think the courts enforce that? HELL NO!! They are ONLY interested in collect “child” support for the mother as states get matching fed funds for every “child” support dollar collected.
Soon the mother has convinced the child to HATE his/her father and the rest is history. The “runaway” dad that you hear about in popular modern media is actually the PUSHED AWAY dad by the mother (and children when parental alienation takes hold of them)
Male officers get shot all the time, it makes it no less tragic. And this lady was doing a job she loved. Prayers, to her family and loved ones.
I’ve always had problems with women being police officers. Many is the time I’ve seen them thrown around on COPS while trying to apprehend some punk. My heart goes out to her family, but I still find is difficult to accept women as front-line cops or military.
[that is “definitely not ok to grow up WITHOUT fathers”]
The whole thing is a shame, but it should have been differently.
The Scriptures of God’s only begotten Son Jesus Christ teach that God gives roles to every person in the family unit, the father and the mother and the children are instructed and warned to live lives that we may safe. Those who choose otherwise will suffer the consequences of unbelief. A mother of children should be at home with the children to raise them and guide the house and the father is to work and instruct the children in the ways of God and His Christ. This will not change until God changes and He changes not.
It is foolish and dangerous fathers and mothers and children to live outside His will, and His will will be done, the zeal of the Lord of Hosts will perform this.
I have been one of those “walking wounded” since 1980. My children still don’t consider me to be their father.
I believe there should be a special place in Hell waiting for a lot of “Mama Dearest”.
and said perps family should receive a bill by the state for having to go through the trouble and expense of executing the scum
That is a lovely vision but today’s “Modern” woman has been taught by feminists that she doesn’t need the father (other than the money he supplies) to raise her children. The result?
The father gets pushed out of the children’s lives with the complete condonation of the state.
He has to pay up in “child” support which makes him have to compete with his own wallet when getting the small amount of time he is “allowed so graciously” by the state and by the mother (IF she doesn’t block access which happens, oh 90% of the time in the vindictive mother ESPECIALLY if father has DARED to move on after she has divorced him)
Then the “non-parenting” ensues. Mom coddles her boys and becomes her daughter’s BFF (best friend forever). No parenting actually takes place. The children are allowed to do what they want when they want, where they want. THe boys become coddles little wussies on ADHD meds. The girls become raging whores with “father hunger” desparately trying to fill the father’s void in their lives.
Dad, if still “allowed” visitation by the mother, feels he has to be disneyland dad to placate the children to offset the parental alienation aka anti-father brainwashing that is taking place by good ol’ mom. The whole thing becomes a viscious cycle. Children become entitled, coddled, and believe they have equal if not superior footing with their parents, adults and any authority figure.
And THIS is why you have so many wussie boys and slutty girls wandering around the streets at age 12. Meanwhile the permissive custodial biomom throws her hands up in the air when Jr. has been caught shoplifting at age 13 for the third time and says “i’ve given them meds and counseling and am all out of ideas.”
Divorce has created a large number of Homosexuals since Dear Old Dad has been taken out of their children’s lives. Chicken Hawks target boys without Fathers.
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