Posted on 08/30/2015 7:32:24 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
Hundreds of people showed up at a Texas gas station Saturday to pay tribute to a sheriff's deputy who was gunned down from behind after filling up his patrol car the night before.
Many who attended the vigil for Harris County sheriff's deputy Darren H. Goforth said they were there to support the police, and some said they were frustrated with the "black lives matter" movement and what they said was an increased hostility against all police.
Those who knew Goforth described him as "just a really nice guy."
"It's not fair," said Mikayla Delossantos, whose father was friends with Goforth, through tears.
"When we were younger and we used to be home alone, he would always drive by and check to make sure we were OK," said Simone Langland, who has been friends with Delossantos since childhood. "It's just so sad, and it's not fair he couldn't even defend himself," she said.
Goforth, 47, a father of two, was ambushed by a gunman who shot him from behind at the gas station at around 8:20 p.m. (9:20 p.m. ET) Friday, police said. The gunman then shot the 10-year veteran again as he was on the ground.
On Saturday, suspect Shannon Miles, 30, was arrested and charged with capital murder. A motive has not been determined. Miles is black. Goforth is white.
"I wanted to demonstrate that all lives matter, regardless of color," said Carol Hayes, an African American woman who attended the vigil. Her family was one of the first black families to move to the neighborhood nearly 30 years ago, she said, and they always felt welcome.
Miles is charged with capital murder and is being held without bond, according to jail records. Harris County Sheriff Ron Hickman called the killing a "senseless and cowardly act."
The crowd was led in a prayer. Balloons and flowers had been placed around the gas pump where the deputy was killed.
"This is really a senseless act," one of those who attended the vigil, Calvin Mitchell, said. "What did he do to deserve this?" he said.
Goforth had just filled up his patrol car at a Chevron gas station when a man "walked up behind him and literally shot him to death," Hickman said at a news conference overnight.
Hickman said investigators believe there had been no previous contact between Goforth and Miles before the shooting, and the killing appears to have been unprovoked.
While a motive in the killing has not been determined, some of those who attended the vigil were angry over what they said was a climate of mistrust toward police, and a lack of support for officers from politicians.
"I think there's a lot of people getting sick and tired of the way police are being portrayed — anytime there's a shooting and stuff, automatically they're guilty now," Mark Langland, Simone's father, said. "I think it's gone from the President on down. He has set the tone."
"I'm just tired of the double standard," he said.
Gee, I wonder what it possibly could be? I'm totally stumped. Can somebody help me out here? Bueller?
Fry his ass. Bring back Ol’ Sparkey.
Gee, I wonder what it possibly could be? I'm totally stumped. Can somebody help me out here? Bueller?
No, sorry. I can't help you. I have no clue what the motive could be. I can't think of anything. One of life's greatest mysteries. Do I really need a sarcasm tag?
They knew what the Charleston shooter’s ‘motive’ was from the get go.
What’s difference in this instance?
While a motive in the killing has not been determined ...
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Might want to check out the screed from the domestic terrorist group “blacklivesmatter” or as Sheriff Clark calls them “blackLIESmatter”. The motive will be found there.
Heard any Farrakhan speeches lately?
You’re right. I hadn’t connected those dots. Now I’m more stumped than ever. My head hurts as I strain to think up a reason.
Maybe he was aiming at the oilcans at the gas station and just missed miserably? Everybody hates oilcans. Ask Nathan.
Rope’s cheaper. And leaves a more lasting impression for others.
Is the Obama White House going to send THREE White House representatives to deputy Darren Goforth’s funeral like they did for Michael Brown’s funeral?
The one 3 weeks ago in Miami? Oh yes ..... just add him to the list of domestic terrorists .... sorry I forgot to mention him. Of course, he’s backpedaled after the double reporter shooting last week, but he said what he said & it’s obvious what he meant. He’s got blood on his hands, too in addition to BLM - that event & this one .... sorry to say, there will probably be more. And while I’m pointing fingers at those with bloody hands, who could forget Obama/Holder since they all but started this race war in the first place. The “enemy within” ... we’ve got them.
Eric “My People” Holder was “disrespected” when the congressional committee cited him for contempt.
One difference is the shooter left a manifesto stating why he was doing it- racism and gay-ism. He had previously filed lawsuits against former employers for discrimination as well.
It seems odd that nearly two days later nothing has leaked about this guy and his thoughts about race or cops or anything. It seems clear, but by now normally there’s social media rampant with quotes .
Eric “My People” Holder was “disrespected” when the congressional committee cited him for contempt.
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Well gosh darn. At least no one served him watermelon at the committee hearing or told him he should spend more time in the ‘field’. Life is so HARD!!! when you have a chip the size of a cinderblock to carry around on your shoulder. I have a bandana (looks like a CW battle flag) that I could offer him to wipe his tears and blow his nose (sniffle, sob) but I’m sure he’d refuse since touching it might cause him to shoot somebody. Sorry - don’t own any bandanas with rainbows on them ..... he might want to borrow one from Obama for wiping those crocodile tears. /mini-rant
It’s because the Left’s stranglehold on the MenSeekingMen has them trained to ignore it or lose their jobs, and there are hundreds itching to replace each anchor person that even frowns on air at a cop-killing.
I wish Trump/Cruz would outright buy the top two stations in each media market and end this PC crap!!!!!
Remember Pump 8. Run down the TurnTheTiders like dogs.
I wonder if they will tear down the gas station just because no one wants to go there anymore.
Since the dropping of the case against the new black panthers for threatening white voters at a Philadelphia voting site (which took place as soon as Obama/Holder got in power)
the Obama admin has been sending steady signals to the lowest levels of US black society that
“We have your back.”
LOOK AT
Obama’s “The police acted stupidly” in the Gates case
Obama’s “If I had a son he would look like Trayvon” in the Trayvon Martin case
The sending of Holder “Justice’department“investigators” in the Trayvon Martin case
The sending of Holder “Justice’department“investigators” in the Michael Brown case
Eric Holder’s whining that he was very unhappy that the police released the video of 292 pound Michael Brown manhandling a clerk who was 4’10” and weighed about 100 pounds as “gentle giant” Michael Brown robbed a convenience store five minutes before he attacked policeman Darren Wilson
The sending of THREE White House representatives to Michael Brown’s funeral
by the same White House that sent ONE representative to Margaret Thatcher’s funeral
[Does show you where their priorities are?]
The very public and repeated embrace of race baiter Al Sharpton by Obama and Holder
The lack of any White House or Justice department comment when blacks kill whites in the US
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