Posted on 03/26/2015 8:45:01 AM PDT by Kaslin
Wednesday, March 4: Fulton County police detective Terence Avery Green was killed, shot in the head by a suspect. According to WXIA-TV, Atlanta: "Police responded to a shots fired call early Wednesday. They were told the suspect was possibly intoxicated. Neighbors said the man was going from house to house, banging on doors and firing a long barrel gun. ...
"(Fulton County Assistant Police Chief Gary) described the situation as an ambush, saying the officers 'were trying to do their job, they were trying to protect this neighborhood from someone who was shooting. And they had no other option but to do their job. And the way it appears to me, they were ambushed without warning.' ...
"Green was a veteran officer with nearly 22 years of service. He is survived by his parents and his four sons."
Thursday, March 5: Officer Robert Wilson III, while on duty and in uniform, walked into a game store to purchase a gift for his son. Two men robbed the store, and shot and killed Officer Wilson. According to CNN: "Wilson was standing at the counter across from employees at the GameStop store when two brothers, Carlton Hipps and Ramone Williams, walked in carrying guns, police said.
"They allegedly stuck up the store with at least five patrons and two employees inside.
"'They said they thought it was going to be an easy target,' said police spokesman Capt. James Clark. ... Wilson confronted (the suspects), and a firefight broke out, police said.
"The officer, an eight-year veteran, stepped away from others in the store to keep them out of the crossfire, police said after watching the store's security camera footage.
"He was a hero and a warrior, Clark said. "He fought until the very, very end, firing at both of them."... Within 30 to 40 seconds, 50 shots fell, he said. ...
"Wilson was 30 years old. In addition to his son, he leaves behind a 1-year-old daughter. His son turns 10 on Monday. The game was also going to be a birthday present."
Saturday, March 7: Police Officer Brennan Rabain was killed while trying to make a traffic stop on a speeding driver. The officer lost control of his squad car and crashed into a fence. According to the local NBC affiliate news: "Police are searching for anyone who may have witnessed a crash that killed a Prince George's County police officer. ... Rabain had been off duty, but when he initiated the traffic stop, he went back on duty, police said." Rabain, 27, had been with the department less than two years, and leaves behind a 3-year-old daughter.
Tuesday, March 10: Deputy U.S. Marshal Josie Wells, 27, was killed in a shootout near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as he attempted to apprehend a fugitive accused of killing a brother and sister.
According the Associated Press: "The fugitive, Jamie D. Croom, 31, was shot and taken to a hospital. ... Croom was wanted in the shooting deaths of a brother and sister in New Roads, Louisiana. ...
"The shootout took place in Scotlandville, an area north of Baton Rouge. A task force made by federal Marshals was serving an arrest warrant when the shootout happened. ... Croom, a resident of New Roads, had a lengthy criminal record, (local Sheriff Beauregard) Torres said. 'He was a dangerous criminal,' Torres said. 'It was a very high price to pay for this warrant to bring this man into custody. It was a very, very high price.'
"Wells was a graduate of East Central High School in Hurley, Mississippi, and of Jackson State University. 'He was a tremendous student,' East Central Principal James Hughey told WLOX-TV. 'He was very well liked.' ... Wells' father, Obie Wells Sr., is a retired Jackson County sheriff's deputy. His brother, Obie Wells Jr., is an officer with the Jackson Police Department in the state capital.
"'His dad was so proud of him for being a U.S. marshal,' (Mississippi state Rep. Manly) Barton said." The day after his death, Wells' wife -- who is pregnant with the couple's first child -- learned the sex of their baby. She is having a boy, and she plans to name him Josie Wells, Jr.
Last year, according to the nonprofit National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, 126 federal, state, local, tribal and territorial officers died in the line of duty in 2014 -- although some deaths were attributed to health problems or traffic accidents. Fifty officers were killed by firearms, 15 of them in ambush attacks.
The memorial fund says that shootings against officers increased 50 percent in 2014. This total includes two NYPD officers killed in December in an ambush. The suspect, killed by police, had posted Internet messages that accused police of racism, threatened to kill officers and urged others to do the same.
Despite the widely publicized recent cases where cops killed blacks, new studies show cops -- black and white -- more reluctant to shoot a black suspect compared to a white suspect. Reasons are unclear, but fear of additional scrutiny -- whether fair or not -- might be a factor.
Suspects who kill cops, however, appear colorblind.
I guess certain lives do not matter, do they.
Jesus Christ: You can’t impeach Him and He ain’t gonna resign.
RIP and prayers for the families of the deceased.
Where’s the outrage when white policemen are murdered?
Come on, you cop haters...get on the thread and do your vile dance of joy! Maybe there was a dog around that you can accuse these brave men of trying to kill. Go find another blog site to spew your sickening crap.
Black or White cops do not matter to the Main Street Bird Cage rags or the nightly Douche Bag News anchors...
I extend my prayers for the families of the policemen, and my finger to those who have supported the lies and distortions regarding them.
I'll go out on a limb here and say what those "cop haters"; dislike is militarization, inability to de-escalate, and tyranny within the ranks ...how this gets turned into cop hating is ridiculous
“Come on, you cop haters...get on the thread and do your vile dance of joy! Maybe there was a dog around that you can accuse these brave men of trying to kill. Go find another blog site to spew your sickening crap.”
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I think you have some serious problems with your thinking judging by your above inane comment.
Spot on
Well, most of you don’t even know what “inane” means...so go find your mothership, the DU, and spew your junk there.
Ridiculous is the right word...for the idiots that post their left-wing cop hating rants. Got an idea...go out and take a few bullets for the rest of us and then come back and tell us how you solved all your “inability to de-escalate” problems. Show us your chests and tell us how you got through “de-militarized”. Please...BARF ALERT.
#BlackCopsLivesMatter
There is only a handful of the cop haters on here but they have big mouth and don’t know when to shut up.
They are usually the liberal-tarians who post crap like dog got shot or they wait in the shadows just waiting for a cop to do wrong and then it is then they pounce on here sending pings to each other for the thread.
One posted a website called Shi# hits the fan and then they think they should e taken seriously.
How about the cop which just ran into a burning building and saved a life too.
No what these idiots want is pure anarchy, drugs, open borders and think he world is about them
the poster has a point
Only black thug lives matter.
or maybe I will go out on a limb here and say this.
Do you ever go on a rant against cops to have posted that?
Maybe some of the cop haters and there is only a handful of idiots like them use any excuse to post a thread hating cops and the idiots cannot see there is god and bad in every profession, including nurses, firemen, cops, business men and women, plumbers, brick layers etc.
“I’ll go out on a limb here and say what those “cop haters”; dislike is militarization, inability to de-escalate, and tyranny within the ranks ...how this gets turned into cop hating is ridiculous “
Yeah, let’s just “overlook” the LEOs who are discrediting their badges, because they are just “seen as making up” for those decent cops who have given their lives. I am a strong supporter of good law enforcement. Sadly, today we don’t get a lot of that, and further, the good cops have to stand for the public’s dissatisfaction with some of their “brother officers” conduct.
They are usually the liberal-tarians who post crap like dog got shot or they wait in the shadows just waiting for a cop to do wrong and then it is then they pounce on here sending pings to each other for the thread.
One posted a website called Shi# hits the fan and then they think they should e taken seriously.
How about the cop which just ran into a burning building and saved a life too.
No what these idiots want is pure anarchy, drugs, open borders and think he world is about them.
Okay, here is the voice of reason. Your post warrants a complete copy re-posted and pushed into the face of the "handful". Thanks.
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