In the Line of Duty

[downbeatplumb]

BUMP: Reviving an old thread in memory of Police Officers who lost their lives in the line of duty.

Not far from where I live two Westerville, Ohio police officers were shot and killed while responding to a potential domestic violence call.

WESTERVILLE, Ohio -- Two police officers were fatally shot responding to a potential domestic situation in Ohio on Saturday afternoon, authorities said. The shooting suspect was wounded in the incident and taken to a nearby hospital.
The shooting took place around 11:30 a.m. Saturday on Crosswind Drive. Officers were responding to a 911 call at the address, and were fired upon when they arrived at the scene.
The victims were later identified as 54-year-old officer Anthony Morelli and 39-year-old officer Eric Joering, Westerville Police Chief Joe Morbitzer announced during a press briefing Saturday.
Joering, a 16-year veteran, was killed at the scene. Morelli, a 29-year veteran, died in surgery at Ohio State University Medical Center, Morbitzer said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/2-p...spartandhp

That's what you get in a culture where it is too easy to own a gun.

[Minimalist]

It's also the predictable result of anger AT the police because of the actions and attitudes to the public BY the police.  I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often.

[LastPoet]

There are years police doesn't shoot anybody and don't get shot at in Portugal. Heh firearm deaths here are usually family feuds due to property issues or jealous husbands killing their wives.

[LastPoet]

Mostly hunters that have a 12 gauge permit.

[LastPoet]

I think the US main pollution source is guns. Too much lead in the air.

[Catholic_Lady]

I agree it is a shame that they lost their lives.

Where was your post for the numerous times that cops did the killin' Kinda silent on the home front for that weren't you?

There are already 2 threads on this forum dedicated exclussively to that. Not sure why you or anyone else would have a problem with 1 thread dedicated to the good cops.

[A Theist]

It's also the predictable result of anger AT the police because of the actions and attitudes to the public BY the police.  I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often.

I know you hate the police and in your anti social and distorted worldview the police are always going to be the bad guys in every instance, according to Min. Sure, there's a few bad ones but those seem to be the only ones that the left leaning media ever want to report about, either that or they distort their coverage to make criminals out to be victims. It almost seems to me, by your response, that you're actually justifying the murder of those two police officers who were only responding to a domestic violence call.

[LastPoet]

This seems to be a domestic >US problem.

I will leave you with that.

[Wyrd of Gawd]

American cops have always been part of the oppressive racist system, like the slave patrols. If you haven't noticed American cop cars are usually painted black and white, which sets up a line of binary thinking. In other countries they paint their cop cars in more user -friendly paint schemes. So right off the bat when a person encounters a cop in America he's in for a bad experience.

[A Theist]

American cops have always been part of the oppressive racist system, like the slave patrols. If you haven't noticed American cop cars are usually painted black and white, which sets up a line of binary thinking. In other countries they paint their cop cars in more user -friendly paint schemes. So right off the bat when a person encounters a cop in America he's in for a bad experience.

That was dumb.