Posted on 03/26/2015 8:45:01 AM PDT by Kaslin
Wednesday, March 4: Fulton County police detective Terence Avery Green was killed, shot in the head by a suspect. According to WXIA-TV, Atlanta: "Police responded to a shots fired call early Wednesday. They were told the suspect was possibly intoxicated. Neighbors said the man was going from house to house, banging on doors and firing a long barrel gun. ...
"(Fulton County Assistant Police Chief Gary) described the situation as an ambush, saying the officers 'were trying to do their job, they were trying to protect this neighborhood from someone who was shooting. And they had no other option but to do their job. And the way it appears to me, they were ambushed without warning.' ...
"Green was a veteran officer with nearly 22 years of service. He is survived by his parents and his four sons."
Thursday, March 5: Officer Robert Wilson III, while on duty and in uniform, walked into a game store to purchase a gift for his son. Two men robbed the store, and shot and killed Officer Wilson. According to CNN: "Wilson was standing at the counter across from employees at the GameStop store when two brothers, Carlton Hipps and Ramone Williams, walked in carrying guns, police said.
"They allegedly stuck up the store with at least five patrons and two employees inside.
"'They said they thought it was going to be an easy target,' said police spokesman Capt. James Clark. ... Wilson confronted (the suspects), and a firefight broke out, police said.
"The officer, an eight-year veteran, stepped away from others in the store to keep them out of the crossfire, police said after watching the store's security camera footage.
"He was a hero and a warrior, Clark said. "He fought until the very, very end, firing at both of them."... Within 30 to 40 seconds, 50 shots fell, he said. ...
"Wilson was 30 years old. In addition to his son, he leaves behind a 1-year-old daughter. His son turns 10 on Monday. The game was also going to be a birthday present."
Saturday, March 7: Police Officer Brennan Rabain was killed while trying to make a traffic stop on a speeding driver. The officer lost control of his squad car and crashed into a fence. According to the local NBC affiliate news: "Police are searching for anyone who may have witnessed a crash that killed a Prince George's County police officer. ... Rabain had been off duty, but when he initiated the traffic stop, he went back on duty, police said." Rabain, 27, had been with the department less than two years, and leaves behind a 3-year-old daughter.
Tuesday, March 10: Deputy U.S. Marshal Josie Wells, 27, was killed in a shootout near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as he attempted to apprehend a fugitive accused of killing a brother and sister.
According the Associated Press: "The fugitive, Jamie D. Croom, 31, was shot and taken to a hospital. ... Croom was wanted in the shooting deaths of a brother and sister in New Roads, Louisiana. ...
"The shootout took place in Scotlandville, an area north of Baton Rouge. A task force made by federal Marshals was serving an arrest warrant when the shootout happened. ... Croom, a resident of New Roads, had a lengthy criminal record, (local Sheriff Beauregard) Torres said. 'He was a dangerous criminal,' Torres said. 'It was a very high price to pay for this warrant to bring this man into custody. It was a very, very high price.'
"Wells was a graduate of East Central High School in Hurley, Mississippi, and of Jackson State University. 'He was a tremendous student,' East Central Principal James Hughey told WLOX-TV. 'He was very well liked.' ... Wells' father, Obie Wells Sr., is a retired Jackson County sheriff's deputy. His brother, Obie Wells Jr., is an officer with the Jackson Police Department in the state capital.
"'His dad was so proud of him for being a U.S. marshal,' (Mississippi state Rep. Manly) Barton said." The day after his death, Wells' wife -- who is pregnant with the couple's first child -- learned the sex of their baby. She is having a boy, and she plans to name him Josie Wells, Jr.
Last year, according to the nonprofit National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, 126 federal, state, local, tribal and territorial officers died in the line of duty in 2014 -- although some deaths were attributed to health problems or traffic accidents. Fifty officers were killed by firearms, 15 of them in ambush attacks.
The memorial fund says that shootings against officers increased 50 percent in 2014. This total includes two NYPD officers killed in December in an ambush. The suspect, killed by police, had posted Internet messages that accused police of racism, threatened to kill officers and urged others to do the same.
Despite the widely publicized recent cases where cops killed blacks, new studies show cops -- black and white -- more reluctant to shoot a black suspect compared to a white suspect. Reasons are unclear, but fear of additional scrutiny -- whether fair or not -- might be a factor.
Suspects who kill cops, however, appear colorblind.
Perhaps you could wait till somebody does post something you don't like, instead of accusing non existent posters of something they have yet to do.
There are FReepers who oppose laws against murder and theft? Can you quote them to that effect?
Does it make me a cop “hater” if I have built up a healthy distrust of police due to their overly aggressive behavior over the years and them being the new yes men for an out-of-control gov’t hell bent on stamping out multiple freedoms we enjoy?
No sane person would cheer the deaths of police officers, but there are clear examples of police acting like good for nothing thugs.
Like this piece of trash:
“what a dip shitted comment”
+1.
You self-proclaimed defenders of my freedom, aren’t worth a pile of barnyard manure.
Why don’t you rant on about how many more dangerous jobs are out there while you’re at it.
I recognize when officers go outside the law. I also recognize that there is no harder more thankless job than driving up to some home with a domestic dispute, where the person who actually called, may wind up shooting the officers that came to help them.
It’s not the rights you seek to defend that cause me to detest you, it’s your methods and disrespect of the majority of officers that joined their local force because of a sense of civic duty.
Go crap on some other forum. I’m tired of smelling your droppings here.
Notice...guy “takes off”. Well, now, here’s a law-abiding, cooperative, upright citizen who is killed for giving to the Salvation Army...or not. Here’s a clue, Roman, STOP when the cops tell you to. OR EXPECT TO GET SHOT. I hope the lady gets off.
No problem, I knew some would be pinged to this thread and there is a handful I just ignore now as they are not worthy of my time and yes one has appeared on here.
You would think that even after so many posts of never getting a reply they would get the message but alas they do not.
There are legitimate concerns about American law enforcement and how it does its job.
Case in point. Statistics are difficult to come by, but it is probable that UK now has a higher violent crime rate than USA. Certainly London has a higher violent crime rate than NYC. Although their murder rate is much lower than ours.
Last year, in the entire country, UK police fired their weapons in confrontation with suspects a grand total of three times. Nobody died.
We can discuss why the astonishing disparity with American LEO, but that the disparity exists tells us something about our LEOs, about America itself, or both.
Thanks for your post-—I came very close to leaving FR in December because of the cop haters.
I don’t get it-—I really don’t.
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A major reason why some extrapolate from the bad cops to all cops is that the good cops have a strong ethic of supporting all other cops, including the bad ones, regardless.
If good cops went after bad ones with the zeal they should, they’d get a lot more support from the community.
Early days yet, but it appears that departments that introduce cop-cams promptly have a significant drop in accusations of excessive force. Now that could be because false accusations aren’t made, or because cops are cutting back on bad behavior knowing they’re on camera.
Or both.
shhhhhhh it isn’t nice to confuse folks with the facts
You missed the part where she had the idiot on the ground and tased his a$$. He wasn’t resisting at that point.
Highly unlikely she’ll get off now since cops like her are giving a very bad name for cops everywhere, and the public notices (thanks to our anti-cop media). Call me a “hater” then ;) because I call it murder.
“A major reason why some extrapolate from the bad cops to all cops is that the good cops have a strong ethic of supporting all other cops, including the bad ones, regardless.
If good cops went after bad ones with the zeal they should, they’d get a lot more support from the community.”
And we wonder why the direct result of it is a very distrustful public, and certain departments with a mafia like reputation.
I don’t remember if I read it here or on the comments section on Yahoo! (I think it was FR), but a poster had a good theory as to why there is no outrage in cases like these. The race-baiters always pick a case in which two sides can be baited in a case. Prime examples are Trayvon and Michael “Gentle Giant” Brown. At first, it looked as if an innocent young black had been hounded to death by some “cracka” just for being black. This caused outrage among blacks and other assorted idiots around the country. Once more details emerged, it became clear to people with brains that the young black males had caused their own deaths due to their thuggish behavior. This gets whites riled up as they feel the need to defend themselves against false “white racism” charges.
If the race-baiters (Sharpton, Jesse, Holder, Obama, et al) picked a case where an upright young black male was indeed killed by an outright racist, they won’t run with that story because blacks and whites will be united in their desire to see justice meted out to the racist bad guy. They also won’t show stories of feral yutes beating and raping and killing whites because they can only create outrage among whites. That does not serve the purpose of sowing disharmony among the races, which is why you don’t see those stories.
You’ll see most cops defend other cops simply because they were not there. They realize from experience you can’t extrapolate out everything that took place from the code book or simple reasoned though inaccurate extrapolations.
Once a cop is found out to be absolutely wrong, the other cops more or less hang their heads wishing it weren’t so.
I’ll grant you there’s some truth in what you say. There’s also some truth in what I am saying.
We know from life, no group is one thing or another solely. Unfortunately that is tossed out then window by some people when it comes to law enforcement.
No, I did not miss it. You missed the part where she tried to stop him, but of course, mr. integrity ran off because he knows better. Clue, again, here Roman...STOP the FIRST time they ask. Gee...there is a new concept.
bkmk
Amazing stat.
I agree there is truth to what you say.
Cops depend on each other in life and death situations. Doesn’t happen every day, and for many cops such a situation never really arises. But there’s always the chance today might be the day.
By definition, such a relationship creates strong bonds and a desire to protect. And that’s all to the good.
But the problem is that there is also a downside. Particularly when carried too far.
The militarization and extreme force used by cops that has become more reported in recent years leads me to wonder about something. Likely most conservatives I generally discounted black people with their complaints of police brutality.
But could it be that cops are now bringing out into the wider community methods and attitudes they’ve always had when dealing with the black community? Could all those minorities complaining about police brutality have been at least partialy right?
and that is a discussion I could have with you making some good points
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