Posted on 03/14/2016 6:35:45 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
Edited on 03/14/2016 7:01:41 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Two of the brothers held in connection with the fatal shooting of a Prince George’s County officer on Sunday filmed the attack on a police station using their cell phones, according to three law enforcement officials familiar with the investigation.
black suicide? You never really hear of blacks wanting to commit suicide. They usually think too highly of themselves.
“...recorded his last will and testament on video minutes before...”
That’s got jihadi written all over it.
Ramos confirmed that Michael was the one who was shot, but she said relatives have been unable to see him and they don't have any details about his injuries. "We are so sad for this officer dying. We have no idea what happened."
She said that Michael was homeless for a time while in Montgomery County. She said he and his brothers were raised by her sister, Lisa, a single mother who had five children.
She said his mother, Lisa, suffered a heart attack after police in Prince George's County burst into her house to search it after the shooting, and is now at the same hospital as her wounded son.
A spokesman with the Greenville County, S.C. Sheriff's Office said there was a warrant out for a misdemeanor domestic violence charge against Michael Ford, who was accused of punching his wife several times around 1 a.m. on Saturday.
The grandmother of the three, Deidre Ramos, 60, of Hyattsville, said Malik and Michael Ford were arrested in connection with the shooting but she said police had the wrong suspects. "They weren't involved," she said. Asked if police arrested the wrong people, she said, "Yes."
The slain officer's father, James Colson III, was rushed from Philadelphia to the Washington region Sunday night. His son, he said, "was courageous and an excellent role model" for young men.
Colson graduated from Chichester High School in Boothwyn, Pa., where he was born, and went on to play football at Randolph-Macon College, according to a team roster. Pedro Arruza, the football team's coach, recalled Colson for his strength of character.
"He was a great kid," Arruza said of Colson, who played for the team at defensive back and wide receiver. "A really respectful kid and just a high-character young man. He treated everyone with respect. . . . To be honest, he wasn't a great player, but he was a really great person." His high school coach, Joe LaRose, said Jacai Colson's grandfather was also a police officer.
Colson, who would have turned 29 this week, was described as a "cop's cop" and as having an "infectious smile."
Stawinski said the incident "wasn't about anything." "He opened fire on the first police officer he saw," Stawinski said.
Colson was an undercover narcotics officer who worked in high-risk situations, Stawinski said. "When things began to turn, he immediately stepped into action," Stawinski said of Colson's response Sunday.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) ordered flags to fly at half-staff. "The First Lady and I send our sincere prayers to the family and loved ones of Officer Colson, who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to his fellow citizens and community," Hogan said in a statement. "It is my hope that his proud legacy of commitment and passion for law enforcement and serving others will provide some comfort in the difficult days that lie ahead."
Police cars and barricades continued to block the area around the police headquarters -- also connected to the district station -- late into the evening.
Sunday's killing came 12 days after the funeral for Prince William County officer Ashley Guindon, who was shot and killed there on her first day on duty.
Guindon was killed when she and two fellow officers were sent to a home in the Woodbridge area of the county to answer a call about a domestic dispute. Ronald Williams Hamilton, 32, an Army staff sergeant, allegedly opened fire on Guindon and the two other officers Feb. 27 as they approached the front door to his and wife's home.
During his two decades as a high school football coach, LaRose saw hundreds of kids come through, but he said few were like Jacai Colson.
"He was that kid that every once in a while you hope you have," LaRose said. "That kid who is a leader. There's an old saying that when you're a leader and you turn around, everyone is following you. He had that way of being a leader."
Growing up around police inculcated him, LaRose said, with a sense of discipline. Colson was so mature, LaRose said, that he decided to start him at quarterback when he was still a sophomore. Most students, he said, would have wilted under the pressure of playing with older students. But not Colson. "He walked into the huddle of older kids and led them to a successful season," LaRose said. He said he wasn't surprised when he learned he had become a police officer.
In Cheverly, police cruisers lined the entrance to Prince George's Hospital Center on Sunday night. Hundreds of officers stood vigil where colleagues took Colson after the shooting. They held hands, some with tears in their eyes as they reflected on the loss of one of their own.
Then, at around 10 p.m., Colson's body - draped in an American flag - was loaded into an ambulance to be taken to the medical examiner in Baltimore. As the ambulance departed, escorted by cruisers flashing blue lights, officers lined up in the wet streets and saluted.
Those are people who annoy.
Try them. Then fry them.
Ford fired randomly at an ambulance, cars and at the doors of the station, pinning down officers who poured from the station to confront him, police said.
Two of his brothers stood nearby recording the ambush with cellphones as it unfolded moment by agonizing moment.
Amid that barrage, off-duty Officer Jacai Colson arrived to visit another officer. Colson sprang from an unmarked police car and “heroically” drew Ford’s fire as he also exchanged shots with the gunman, the police chief said.
The move allowed officers to overcome Ford, but in a chaotic moment, a shot probably fired by one of Colson’s fellow officers struck him and ultimately took his life.
Colson, an undercover narcotics detective, was in street clothes. It is unclear whether the officer who shot Colson confused Colson for a suspect, or if he was struck by the many rounds flying amid the chaos, Prince George’s County Police Chief Henry Stawinski III said.
Stawinski expressed anger and incredulity Monday as he relayed the story of how the four-year veteran lost his life and a man who intended to take his own life by drawing police fire had survived. Colson’s parents stood at the chief’s news conference, arm-in-arm nearby, leaning on each other for support.
When asked why Ford would carry out an attack on a police station while his brothers recorded the death of an officer and rendered no aid, Stawinski said there was no answer.
“This is about nothing,” Stawinski said. “It was unprovoked. Michael had a history of mental illness. But what is more troubling to me is that anybody could stand by so callously and do nothing.”
County prosecutors were preparing charges against the brothers.
Stawinski said Ford, who was shot during the incident and is still at a hospital, and his two brothers would face 21 charges for the baffling and coldblooded attack, ranging from conspiracy to second-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. Police said the Ford brothers did not work with any outside groups and hatched the plan on their own.
Argument for capital punishment.
That’s my thought, too.
Apparently this officer wasn’t the only one they shot at, but he came to the aid of whoever was their first target, along with other officers. So these creeps - who I am sure thought they were jihadis - were not attacking him personally but simply going after any cop that came out the door and didn’t care if they themselves got killed.
Horrible, horrible thing. The officer killed sounded like such a good person that you just wish you could reel back the time and make it all go away.
Suicide is more common among black males aged 25-
29, and among black females 15-19, than it is among
whites in the same age brackets.
The suicide rate for blacks aged 15-34 is now higher
than it has been in more than fifty years. Between 1970
and 1975 the rate for males in the 25-29 age bracket increased
42%.
Among whites, suicide is most likely to occur in middle
life or old age, but among blacks the incidence of suicide
is highest for the young: 47% of black suicides occur
in the 25-34 age bracket.
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/focus/pdfs/foc31d.pdf
Maryland police Officer Jacai Colson
LOVE their hairdos, especially the one named Malik.
“Two of the brothers held in connection with the fatal shooting of a Prince George’s County officer on Sunday filmed the attack on a police station using their cell phones...”
I’m curious what their grand strategy was? Did they think they were just going to walk away without anyone noticing?
I swear, as much as people pick on rednecks (”hold muh beer...”), this takes the cake. No impulse control, no concept of cause and effect, action and consequence, etc.
Maybe he was too distraught to go on the record.
Maybe all three “did not work”. (Plenty of levels in that)
“An aunt for the three suspects, Shante Ramos, 30, said on Monday that Michael Ford suffers from bipolar disorder and has been battling mental illness all of his life. “We have no idea what sparked this,” she said.”
Black co-workers have confided in me at various times over the years as they dealt with nasty supervisors and co-workers who are white; if you saw how these black employees’ minds work you would weep over the hopelessness of the situation. They see color behind everything, even something as basic as a supervisor expecting them to arrive at work on time or abide by the normal lunch break; when they see white co-workers commit the same infractions, they understandably arrive at the conclusion that “white privilege” is the reason. Very creepy, and very sad - and these are older blacks with more education than young hood-rats...
Well that would be nice but Maryland doesn't execute murderers. The death penalty is on the books but I believe it is "suspended" while a more than decades long "study" determines whether the death penalty is "needed", or something like that. In effect, there is no death penalty in Maryland and someone can commit murder in Maryland and never worry about any bodily harm being officially inflicted upon himself by the State of Maryland.
Nearly all of states are like this and Americans wonder why there are so many violent crimes being committed. No one fears any serious retribution from the law.
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