APD officer shot and injured during traffic stop (Albuquerque, NM)

The Albuquerque Journal ^ | January 3, 2015 | Robert Browman and Ryan Boetel

[CedarDave]

An Albuquerque police officer was shot and injured while making a traffic stop in northeast Albuquerque early Saturday morning, according to a police department spokesman.

The officer was struck twice and is expected to survive, officer Tanner Tixier said.

Police are still searching for the suspect.

The officer pulled over a man suspected of driving drunk at San Mateo Boulevard and San Mateo Lane near Del Norte High School around 2:30 a.m. As the officer was approaching the vehicle, the man fired shots at the officer, Albuquerque Police Department Chief Gorden Eden said.

“The driver fired at the officer several times, striking the officer at least twice,” Eden said. “The officer went to the ground and was able to fire at the vehicle.”

It was unknown if the suspect was shot.

Eden said the officer is a 30-year veteran of the police department. He is in stable condition at University of New Mexico Hospital, and police are waiting to inform his extended family members before identifying him. Police said at about 9 a.m. that he was in surgery.

The suspect ran north after the shooting. Police are searching for a clean-shaven, white or light-skinned Hispanic man, about 6-feet tall, who was wearing a dark jacket, dark jeans and a brown baseball cap.

[Thud]

Probably self-defense against an illegal anal cavity search. Law enforcement in that area deserves to be shot at.

Do a search for the words:

"albuquerque police anal cavity search"

[CedarDave]

The incidents you refer to occurred in Deming, in the far SW part of the state and indeed the police actions were despicable and far beyond legality. The departments if not the officers involved have been slapped with multimillion dollar lawsuits.

But with the amount of crime in ABQ (drugs, car theft, gangs, home invasions, DWI, etc.) it’s the other way around - It’s the perps who need to be removed from the streets. Saying it’s the cops who need to be shot at puts you in the same camp as the Ferguson and NYC protestors.

[Thud]

The Black Panthers started as one of many black self-defense organizations in Oakland - defense against the police. The very racist Oakland cops went into black areas, beat kids who didn't run away and shot those who did. Eventually the residents had enough and began sniping with rifles at OPD officers. That was a shining Second Amendment moment. It took Charlie Gains years as chief to restore discipline to the OPD.

Law enforcement cannot operate absent citizen support, and rightly become targets when they consistently abuse citizens. This is America. Police aren't the only guys with guns.