Parents? What a fool."
If only these "young people" had "two" parents...
Posted on 04/12/2024 7:12:44 AM PDT by packagingguy
Three Memphis police officers were taken to Regional One Hospital in unknown conditions Friday morning after a shootout in South Memphis. One of those officers, and an 18-year-old believed by police to be part of the shooting, died at the hospital, Interim Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn "C.J." Davis said later that morning.
According to the Memphis Police Department, in a post to X Friday morning, the officers were called out to a "suspicious vehicle" at Horn Lake Road about 2 a.m. Friday. As they approached the vehicle, the department said the officers were shot at and then "returned fire." Two officers as well the two people believed to be in the vehicle were shot, MPD said.
"The vehicle fled and was located in the 400 block of Hewlett Road," MPD said in the X post. "One suspect was taken into custody immediately. One fled the scene and was located nearby. The two officers were transported to Regional One. Both suspects were transported to ROH."
The officer that died was identified by Davis as Officer Joseph McKinney. McKinney, she said, joined the department in 2020 and was part of the Raines Station alpha shift...
"As a community, we have to do better. We have to ensure that parents know where young people are at three o'clock in the morning. We need to work as a community to do whatever we can with reducing gun violence in our community."
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Democrat run. What’s the use of being a democrat if you can’t act like one.
No mention of the number of shots the cops fired? Or the RACE of the suspect that was killed? What kinda journalist malpractice is this?
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Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale...
It sure isn’t, sad to say. Thank you for your service-
Needs to be a bumper sticker
Same to you mate!👍
The DA killed these folks. Both perps and cops.
Parents? What a fool."
If only these "young people" had "two" parents...
It kind of is...
I just re-phrased it.
https://www.amazon.com/Control-Children-Sticker-Trucks-DUC1044/dp/B08F2Z3F96
I couldn’t get in because of health condition- I did try though- , not realizing that my condition woudl be a disqualifier- All my friends went in- Was not easy to take being left out-
You tried and that’s good enough in my book!
The last time I was in this general area of Memphis, there was a prison nearby.
Agreed. I grew up in Memphis just a little east of this area (in the 70s and 80s).
Almost all of my family and friends moved away. I have one Hispanic friend who moved to the east side of town, and two black friends who haven’t moved away. No one else I keep in touch with is there.
I don’t even like to drive through Memphis any more.
Thanks- Yeah i really wanted to join- back then it wasn’t too bad- woke wasn’t even a word back then- and me and friends thought it woudl be a great start in life to learn a trade while serving -
one fella though who make it in ended up getting killed by his squad mate because he was being forced to testify against the fella-
here is the write-up on it
https://www.pomc.org/murder-wall/murder-wall-stories/kevin-berrigan-bear-21-years-old/
Sad way to die- He was pretty popular in school-
My other friends though all did well- and ended up with good jobs -
Terrible story of your friend. So sorry. Pretty much impossible to get through life without pathos.
Yeahmit was a shocker- there was another article that went into more detail- if I remeber right it had to do with smuggling military equipment that he was testifying agaisnt. Just a horrible way to die. And all for nothing- the perp who murdered him is now doing life- I mean what was he thinking? That getting rid of a witness would mean no conviction? 2 lives ruined- one for no reason.
Anyway, he was a good guy- and shined brightly while he was on the earth. We don’t know why God allows what he does sometimes, but he does. He makes no mistakes.
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