[Former Fetus]

If there's an award for misleading title, this article is at least a finalist!

So, the real story is that a middle age man (43 year veteran in the police dept.) with a broken leg and shoulder is attacked by 2 young African-Americans (18 and 26 years old). About to lose consciousness, he shoots and mortally injures the 26 year old! Anybody want to guess the race of the cop?

[MrB]

That must have been later in the article, but, wow...

that’s a completely different story than the excerpt.

The man seems to have made every effort to avoid hitting the kids, was attacked, and rather than let himself be killed, uses his sidearm to defend himself.

[SnakeDoctor]

Crap headline. Should read ...

“Off duty cop crashes motorcycle, breaks leg trying to avoid jaywalking 4yo, and was forced to shoot her thug father to avoid being beaten to death”

SnakeDoc

[the invisib1e hand]

so you’re saying that “never waste a crisis” is now the journalists’ creed?

[Obadiah]

Yeah, another Travon Martin case for the corrupt MSM to blow up and inflame racial hatred. Well... if it helps Obama...

[Envisioning]

Anybody want to guess the race of the cop?

If you have to ask..........

Have the riots started yet? (((ping)))

[Jim Scott]

O.K., the little girl's father freaked out, which is understandable, but when the cop identified himself the father should have backed off. Punching and kicking the already-injured cop was stupid and the cop shooting the father, while unfortunate, was self defense.

This is an echo of the Travon Martin - George Zimmerman case where an unnecessary beating (possibly race-based) leads to a fatal shooting.

[b4its2late]

For sure, it is totally misleading.

[bramps]

It’s not very clear what the reporter was attempting to report on, the actions to save a child from extreme bodily injury or an off duty cop is attacked by two angry people. Would anyone care to take a guess as to the race of the cop??? Surprise,,,it’s in Chicago.

[OldNavyVet]

Could have been a hot-shot on the motorcycle, aka "reckless driving."

That's my guess.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

From the link;

Middleton’s sister, Tina Middleton, said her brother lived in Elgin with the mother of his daughter and was visiting relatives in Maywood, where he grew up. “He was a good person,” she said. “I know for sure he wasn’t out to harm the man. My brother would never harm anybody. I could understand him [the officer] being upset, but two wrongs don’t make a right.”

[DannyTN]

So the Dad is in the restaurant while his 4 year old little girl is running into the street.

I’ve had kids run out of the house before when my back was turned. But at that age, I always knew exactly where they were when we were at a restaurant.

[jessduntno]

Kane County court records show that Middleton completed supervision satisfactorily on a 2006 misdemeanor charge of resisting an Elgin police officer. DuPage County court records seem to show Middleton being sent to prison in 2005 for a theft/receiving stolen goods felony.

[Buffalo Bob]

In order not to strike the girl directly, the cop jumped off his motorcycle, pulling it down on its side on the pavement...,

As a fellow motorcycle rider, I applaud this officer for such a quick-thinking and gutsy move to try and protect the little girl - wow!

[GOPJ]

So now for Chich-fil-A to have 'Chicago Values' they not only have to shoot a hundred customers a month - killing a dozen or so BUT they also have to hurt young children and kill the child's father if he objects?

I don't know if Chich-fil-A can 'do' Chicago Values - all that killing would take too much time away from making chicken...

[Red Badger]

It’s the CHICAGO WAY...........

[deport]

Christopher Middleton, 26. (Source: Facebook/thegrio.com)

From the Article

snip
Middleton’s sister, Tina Middleton, said her brother lived in Elgin with the mother of his daughter and was visiting relatives in Maywood, where he grew up. “He was a good person,” she said. “I know for sure he wasn’t out to harm the man. My brother would never harm anybody. I could understand him [the officer] being upset, but two wrongs don’t make a right.”

Middleton was due to be married Aug. 18th, his sister said. Besides his daughter who was injured, Middleton also had a 6-year-old son and an unborn child, his sister said.
end snip

[Cicero]

There really doesn’t seem to be much question that the cop did everything he could to avoid hitting the little girl, that he did everything he could to defuse the father who attacked him, and that he finally shot him in pure self defense.

The headline is disgusting.

[Born to Conserve]

I was driving in my truck, with traffic, at about 50mph, at night. Suddenly, I see just a bit of white sock in front of me and slam on the brakes. This “dark complexioned” person was dressed in black from head to toe, and decides to jaywalk. The guy was not reflecting any photons. If I hadn’t seen his sock, he’d be dead.

So he flips me the bird.

[Defiant]

knocked him to the ground before striking him repeatedly.

So, if this cop gets off, does that mean Zimmerman walks, too? Will Al Sharpton weigh in on this one?

[CitizenM]

I have a feeling that this tragic incident is about to blossom into another Trayvon issue with the help of the liberal media, the reactionary members of the African-American community (Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Jackson-Lee, New Black Panthers, et al) and far-left wingers. We need to keep the facts at hand to defend the truth against what I think will be coming.