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2 police fatally shot in West Memphis, Arkansas (2 wounded)
CNN ^ | 5/20/2010 | Tom Watkins

Posted on 05/20/2010 3:44:00 PM PDT by dragnet2

(CNN) -- Two police officers were fatally shot and another two were wounded Thursday in two separate shootings allegedly by the same suspects

The suspects, who were using an assault weapon, were themselves fatally shot.

police made a traffic stop on a white minivan traveling eastbound on I-40 at Airport Road,

The occupant or occupants of the van shot two police officers and sped off, he said. One of the victims died at the scene; the other was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died, Shelton said. One of the two fatalities was the son of the city's chief of police, he added.

A short time later and about a mile away, in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart, two deputies searching for the suspects came across a white minivan and were shot and wounded as they approached the vehicle, Shelton said.

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To: Doogle

Because they are most likely minorities and not a white middle aged Christan male, that would have been the first thing CNN would have said!


21 posted on 05/20/2010 4:04:48 PM PDT by ForAmerica (Strong Christian Conservative Black Man!)
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To: dragnet2

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/may/20/west-memphis-police-officer-killed-another-injured/

Local link. Warning dead perp in photo


22 posted on 05/20/2010 4:05:12 PM PDT by packrat35 (Planned Parenthood - Keeping healthcare costs down, one fetus at a time)
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To: MestaMachine
There was a two man car ...LA County Sheriff's that pulled over these Mexicans in a van about 15 years ago...One Mexican exits the vehicle and unloads a rifle clip on the black and white...Striking one deputy in the head...He actually survived, but screwed him up good for life.

They eventually caught the son of bitch deep in Mexico....After surveillance of the cockroach caught him dancing in some tacky Mexican dive....

23 posted on 05/20/2010 4:05:27 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: dragnet2
In any event, this is brutal....Two dead cops, two wounded...The bad guys dying is not a good trade

Agreed, there is a reason cops wear guns. When I was running the highways,, I never, EVER, walked up to a car w/o my hand on the sidearm. It probable happened so quick, no chance to respond. Normal traffic stops are the most dangerous, if you get complacent, your dead.

Next time you get pulled over for speeding,, please cut the cop some slack for being careful.

24 posted on 05/20/2010 4:06:46 PM PDT by 2aberro
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To: packrat35
Wrong...

Two dead suspects can be seen...Look to the left rear of the suspect vehicle

25 posted on 05/20/2010 4:07:18 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

My brother is a medic at le bonheur and he called them neo-nazis with an ar-15. Police chief’s son died. Terrible.


26 posted on 05/20/2010 4:07:38 PM PDT by Imgr8t
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To: dragnet2

Yea but one is clearly seen is what I meant.


27 posted on 05/20/2010 4:09:45 PM PDT by packrat35 (Planned Parenthood - Keeping healthcare costs down, one fetus at a time)
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To: dragnet2

The son of the police chief was shot in the BACK of the head at point blank. Still no ID on the perps. Been watching for this since it started. White van, orange roof, with Ohio plates.


28 posted on 05/20/2010 4:10:05 PM PDT by MestaMachine (De inimico non loquaris sed cogites- Don't wish ill for your enemy; plan it)
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To: packrat35

Thanks for the link BTW. ..

Hopefully, this is one of the wounded.

29 posted on 05/20/2010 4:12:17 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: MestaMachine

Thanks...

I’m interested to see who the shooters are....Ping me when ya find out.


30 posted on 05/20/2010 4:13:07 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: dragnet2

Whoever they were they were pretty good shots, 4 cops before they were taken out? Must be Zetas or some other paramilitary trained people for that kind of kill ratio.


31 posted on 05/20/2010 4:13:19 PM PDT by trapped_in_LA
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To: the invisib1e hand

Riddles? Two cops are killed protecting TN citizens - and that’s not serious to you? You’re more interested in responses? Shows were your head is at.


32 posted on 05/20/2010 4:13:50 PM PDT by presently no screen name ( Repeal ZeroCare!)
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To: packrat35
Thanks for the link to the dead perp's. Strange they would be driving a van w/o a license plate knowing they would be stopped. Suicide by cop?

Nice under stress group above the R.R. taillight.

33 posted on 05/20/2010 4:14:09 PM PDT by 2aberro
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To: TokuMei
That's one of the stupidest remark ever, certainly uncalled for at this time.
34 posted on 05/20/2010 4:15:33 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("We must have pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of pie." David Mamet)
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To: thefactor

They are DEAD. We don’t mess around in this part of the country.


35 posted on 05/20/2010 4:16:37 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("We must have pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of pie." David Mamet)
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To: 2aberro

There were plates on the van at the first stop. Must have removed them when they went into the Walmart parking lot.


36 posted on 05/20/2010 4:17:26 PM PDT by MestaMachine (De inimico non loquaris sed cogites- Don't wish ill for your enemy; plan it)
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To: MestaMachine
Our local (Memphis) news is now saying that the van was registered to a church in Ohio, and the shooters were thought to be part of a white supremacist group.
37 posted on 05/20/2010 4:20:16 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("We must have pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of pie." David Mamet)
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To: packrat35

Was just reading some of the ‘comments’ on the link.

WTF is WRONG with people?

The comment that Really got to me is one where this Bastard says that if HE were writing the article about this .. He wouldn’t put the Race in his article because .. There is no reason to!!!!

F-ing Pricks!

What Does It Matter .. No Reason To?

I have Absolutely ‘No Hope’ for this country any longer!


38 posted on 05/20/2010 4:20:21 PM PDT by plinyelder ("I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born." -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: dragnet2

“2 Police....” what the heck kind of illiterate headline is that?


39 posted on 05/20/2010 4:21:45 PM PDT by jdfromny (At what point are we officially "North Americans"?)
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To: packrat35

Looks like entry auto fire on the right rear of the suspect vehicle and rear window....Must of been a good response to that walmart.....They area was probably saturated with LEOs when the call came out regarding the second shooting at Chinamart.


40 posted on 05/20/2010 4:21:59 PM PDT by dragnet2
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