Posted on 11/21/2016 3:26:01 PM PST by reaganaut1
A San Antonio police detective who was shot to death while sitting in a squad car was apparently killed just for being on the force, the city’s police chief said on Monday, a day after the detective and three officers were shot in separate episodes around the country.
There was no apparent link among the killing of Detective Benjamin Marconi and the three other shootings in which officers were wounded, and officials cautioned that many questions about the shootings remain unanswered. But they added to the sense of a profession under siege, coming after a series of killings in which officers were singled out.
“I feel we were targeted,” said the San Antonio police chief, William McManus. “I think the uniform was the target, and the first person who happened along was the target.”
In July, a gunman killed five police officers and wounded nine other people in Dallas, and days later, another gunman killed three officers and wounded three others in Baton Rouge, La. Both gunmen were killed by the police, but they first made clear that they were angry about police killings of black men. This month, in the Des Moines area, two officers were gunned down in their patrol cars, and the police arrested a man who had been described as having a hatred of law enforcement.
Sunday’s shootings prompted strong reactions on social media, including some posts calling the episodes part of a war on law enforcement, or blaming people who have criticized the police over a string of highly publicized deaths at the hands of officers.
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Ambush-style killings of police up 167% this year.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/11/02/ambush-style-killings-police-up-300/93155124/
Obama and his communist demoocrat partys legacy
some of you young whippersnappers probably don’t remember back in the day when democrats were actually for LAW AND ORDER...
And of course, Obama won’t make a statement condemning the war on cops.
He will, however advise the professional anti Trump rioters not to be silent.
A lot of this cop killing belongs to Obama.
Reports are that the suspect has been arrested. Prayers sent for the detective’s family.
Another police funeral Obama will go to... NOT !!
What a shame. RIP
Obama owns every single one of these deaths.
And we know who sparked the investigation of the Ferguson police force based on the bogus "hands up don't shoot" meme that took off. After that, it and other questionable incidents fueled the Black Lives Matter terror group into being and ever-increasing and wanton shootings of police are the result.
...by obama....
http://www.ksat.com/news/suspect-in-cop-killing-arrested-sapd-sources-says
They made an arrest.
He did this in Texas. He knows the price to be paid.
He’s looking at the death penalty. For this POS, I would like to see Ol’ Sparky brought back.
Totally agree. Obama is the cause of these assassinations.
Has the Honolulu shoeshine boy made a statement?
Every one of these LEOs was lynched by African hate groups.
Especially when it wasn't illegal to lynch a Black man - their law and order days were pretty much over with the advent of the '60s.
I find it odd that a detective is/was writing a traffic ticket on a Sunday morning in front of the headquarters building.
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