[marktwain]

The retired officer who yelled "gun" has a habit of listening to a scanner and going to the scene.

[meadsjn]

How ironic is this?

Bad cops intended to murder an innocent citizen (who happened to be carrying a gun, but was non-threatening), then discover he was one of their own.

[Flintlock]

Remember:
The cop had a RIFLE.
He had his BADGE out.
The rifle had a SLING.
The RIFLE was being carried by THE SLING OVER HIS SHOULDER.

Iffen he was a civilian—same circumstances—they’d cap him in a second, congratulate each other, and lie through their teeth if necessary.

[faucetman]

Story a little different here. Still don't know if crazy knife guy charged police or what. He had been slashing cars? Definitely a shoot on sight offense.

[Larry381]

It appears the officer was killed by an MTA cop and I’m still trying to figure out what they were doing there.

[faucetman]

Story a little different here. Still don't know if crazy knife guy charged police or what. He had been slashing cars? Definitely a shoot on sight offense. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2011/03/13/2011-03-13_long_island_cop_killed_in_friendly_fire_incident_identified_as_geoffrey_breitkop.html

[faucetman]

Story different here.
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/long_island&id=8011595

Says knife guy lunged at cops.

[faucetman]

More here. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42054944/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

[Sir Gawain]

Eric Holder: These are my cops after I lowered the passing scores.

[TankerKC]

Cops shoots cop. Take one of the cops out of the scenario and think of two alternate versions of the story. Then, ask yourself how they would be handled:

1. The victim is a citizen walking toward the scene (with or without a weapon) and the cops shoots him.

2. The shooter is a citizen in his house and he shoots the approaching cop.

Yeah….it would be VERY different.