I thank those LE officers for their giving of their lives in order to keep communities safe.
I heard of this gentleman yesterday, or heard a bit of him who told minority communites to wake up and smell the coffee. Do not know his name. Thank-you ahead for your response in posting back.
That said:
Years ago I had to attend jury duty.
The judge was instructing us before jury selection.
One of the things he said was ‘A witness in this proceeding will be a city police officer. You are not to give any more merit to what he says than any other witness, just because he's an officer of the law.’
I raised my hand and was called to the judge's bench.... both attorneys came up there as well.
The judge said: “What's your problem”
I said: “I'm not a crook and I was raised to believe that the officer has a badge, gun and a uniform because he is responsible, and honorable. I can't de program that.”
The judge said: “You better go home.”
THAT was shocking to me.... we are supposed to respect the officers’ authority BUT not his credibility in the law?
I have observed the “gave their lives” funerals for local cops for some time now.
The majority of cop deaths arise from bravado. They foolishly charge a house and get shot or they fail to make a curve at very high speed. In either case they get a funeral with cops from all over in attendance and a long motorcade to the grave site
That is a shame but seriously folks, let's keep things in perspective. hundreds and hundreds of construction workers died last year too.
Out of 806 total deaths in construction in CY 2012
Falls – 279
Struck by Object – 79 (9.8%)
Electrocutions – 66 (8.1%)
Caught-in/between – 13 (1.6%)
There are around 400 fatalities a year in retail businesses. Manufacturing, farming, mining, fishing and dozens of other occupations are all far more dangerous than law enforcement. All such deaths are tragic. Families are left without a breadwinner. Hopes and dreams are crushed. There is no reason to elevate the death of an officer above all others. By their own statistics, breathlessly cited in this article, it's a relatively safe job.
Sorry, I don’t buy the sob stories anymore. There is no real accountability with cops these days. The majority of cops are killed while attempting to extort money from motorists in the name of the police state. My sympathy for same is pretty damned low.