Two police killings two decades apart leave same questions for Sacramento families

Sacramento Bee ^ | October 8, 2016 | Anita Chabria

[artichokegrower]

A.J. Thiel was 15 when his father, Albert Glenn Thiel, was killed in 1997 in an incident involving John Tennis, the Sacramento police officer who fatally shot a mentally ill man in North Sacramento in July of this year.

[artichokegrower]

He had a criminal record that included another high-speed chase in the Bay Area the year before that left an officer injured, according to media reports at the time.

But he was the devoted father of 6 children and sole support for several baby mommas.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Read Kevin Williamson’s article in National Review. It was 18 months or so ago. These cops are not our friends.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Neither are uncivilized scofflaws, whose only concept of the law is what they think they can get away with.

Seems decent people are pretty well screwed.

[artichokegrower]

These cops are not our friends

Well I guess you will be glad to know that two of them got blown away in Palm Springs yesterday.

[Mears]

“Read Kevin Williamson’s article in National Review.”

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Why?

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[Robert DeLong]

So do you agree with Kevin Williamson?

[TTFlyer]

Hell will freeze-over before I read an article by Kevin Williamson.

[Lion Den Dan]

I am not a universal fan of police but it does not seem to me that these officers in either of the described situations were out of line. One crack head car thief bit the dust because he fought with police. The other, an insane man left loose on the streets, died because he was a danger to himself and the community at large. My only recommendation would be more range time and larger caliber handguns.