[Lazamataz]

Jeeez people,, is this the time to nitpick semantics? Brave guy lost his life responding to a dangerous call. He works for the government, wears a vest, carries a gun, serves in a sturcture,,on a squad, under a sergeant, and then a Lt, and above that a captain of some such.

I'm with Desert Rhino. There are MANY instances of cops behaving like totalitarian Gestapo, but this isn't one of them. The Memphis police officer killed here, deserves our prayers and so does his or her family.

[Vladzred]

All the best to the fallen police officer..but..anyone who has spent time around a modern police department has likely seen first hand the disdain all too many of the officers have toward civilians who are not police employees. We need to keep the gulf between our military and police departments wide and deep. They have two entirely different roles in our society.