We're meeting with our lawyers to figure out a good way to spin this so the shooting is justifiable yet the dead cop doesn't look bad.
Posted on 02/09/2015 10:00:22 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
A police officer responding to a domestic disturbance at a North Texas home has shot and killed an off-duty sheriff's deputy living there.
Nocona police Chief Kent Holcomb said the officer responded to the home Monday shortly after midnight.
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Cunningham said 41-year-old deputy Larry Hostetter died at a hospital about an hour after the shooting. He had been a law enforcement officer since 2000 and was a married father of three children.
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Really there is NO info in this short article to base any assumption on, but I would bet alcohol was a factor.
(AP) doing it’s normal left wing reporting.
Cop hater heads exploding nationwide.
Hmmm ... cops shooting cops. This should be interesting!
Translation: We're meeting with our lawyers to figure out a good way to spin this so the shooting is justifiable yet the dead cop doesn't look bad.
From a different source....
Sources tell News 8 that Hostetter pulled a gun on the officer, but law enforcement officials have not confirmed that information.
http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/2015/02/09/montague-county-deputy-killed/23110547/
An off-duty cop is just another person, especially if they are the subject of a domestic violence call. What he did for a living is almost irrelevant, other than to make an interesting headline.
The important thing is what race each cop was.
We're meeting with our lawyers to figure out a good way to spin this so the shooting is justifiable yet the dead cop doesn't look bad.
Ever notice how crimes committed by retired or former officers make the news?
We seldom hear about a retired house painter committing a crime.
Ever notice how crimes committed by retired or former officers make the news?
We seldom hear about a retired house painter committing a crime.
It really is news because unlike the house painter, a retired cop should know how to behave when confronted by a uniformed LEO.
well, there is one difference that happens when a cop shoots someone than when a citizen does.
police know about the stress on the mind after going through a shooting and how it affects memories and processing of the event. they give officers a couple’days before they interview them and take down the official account because they know that under stress people can remember things out of order, and don’t want to have a case where the officer’s story appears to change after a couple days.
Generally they do not offer this convenience to a citizen who’s gone through the same traumatic type of shooting situation, and that where you have to remember to protect your own ass and tell them “I was in fear for my life, I want to press charges, and I will file a report of what happened with the help of my lawyer and don’t want to file now or talk about it.”
I always find it interesting when a person’s occupation is mentioned in a news story, as though it is relevant.
If it was domestic assault, I found out two things about them when I worked EMS.
1. They subconsciously know it is wrong.
2. They are going to do it anyway.
That makes for a dangerous combination because they will not accept help. You can’t reason with them. People who do bad things and know they are doing bad things are the most dangerous types of people.
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My best to both families, it's gonna be a long one...
Yeppers. And add in the fact the call was made after midnight.
Another fact possibly relevant to this situation... LEO’s have one of the highest divorce rates among job careers. The long hours, the stress and a whole buncha different factors specific to law enforcement lead to higher rates of marital problems.
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