He was slain. They were going to smite him, but somehow slain won out.
But it wont always be that way. Someday, smite, hip and thigh, WILL make a comeback to take it's rightful place with the other prize cliches.
Smite; smite not, but at least the Good Guys won one this time around for the Gipper. Give those men a cigar; they earned it: they gave him a slain ride together.
Prayers for the wounded officers' full recoveries, and kudos to Councilwoman Lowenthal & the donors, for ...Lowenthal said her [$75,000 reward fund] donors agreed to give all of the money to the Police Officers Association's Widow and Orphan Fund to help the families of the injured officers.
Seems appropriate.