Here we go again. Cold blooded execution of deputy.

AZ Jim said:
How do we know he was a "gangster"?
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Living just a short distance from Houston, I get Houston news. The murderer's criminal record has been reported on TV news repeatedly.

But he is really innocent, just another innocent black man being accused wrongly. He mother says he is innocent, "he was here at home with me when this shooting took place."

So the fact that he was seen at the shooting and the gun that was used to kill the Deputy was recovered at his mother's house is not enough proof to over ride his mother's statement of his innocence.
 
~Lenore said:
Living just a short distance from Houston, I get Houston news. The murderer's criminal record has been reported on TV news repeatedly.

But he is really innocent, just another innocent black man being accused wrongly. He mother says he is innocent, "he was here at home with me when this shooting took place."

So the fact that he was seen at the shooting and the gun that was used to kill the Deputy was recovered at his mother's house is not enough proof to over ride his mother's statement of his innocence.
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Pretty convincing evidence of guilt I would say.
 

I have a son and a grandson who are working for the Texas Department of Corrections at a prison near here. They both wear uniforms that look just like police uniforms going to and from from work. The possibility of either one of them needing to stop and put gas in their trucks on the way to or from work is very possible. They are in uniform and they are both white.

I find it a very new and disturbing type of hate crime. I doubt it will be called that though.
 
~Lenore said:
I have a son and a grandson who are working for the Texas Department of Corrections at a prison near here. They both wear uniforms that look just like police uniforms going to and from from work. The possibility of either one of them needing to stop and put gas in their trucks on the way to or from work is very possible. They are in uniform and they are both white.

I find it a very new and disturbing type of hate crime. I doubt it will be called that though.
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I have two cousins both now retired who worked for DOJ in Texas at the Ellis unit in Huntsville.
 
I have nephews, uncles, who drive in areas where profiling is standard, I find it disturbing to think any given moment they could be shot and murdered if any movement they make while reaching for their license could be misinterpret. So what's the point of this. I also have a nephew and niece working for law enforcement who could be killed for any given reason just because they wear a uniform. I've been stalked by a guy who had worked in the department of corrections. I could go on about numerous bad encounters and turn this into an us against them sort of nonsensical bash fest so is there a point.

Are we going to turn everything into a black white issue now. An officer lost his life at the hand of a coward as some aptly called him, what is it some are calling for here turn back to the your good ole days or something when officers and others could do and say anything you want to a black person and no one would bat an eye.

How about we ask the mods for one free for all day. :D

PS....As an added note, I hope all our loved ones stay safe and continue living productive fulfilled lives seeing each other as human beings deserving of the same rights and courteous treatment we want for ourselves and others..
 
AprilT said:
I have nephews, uncles, who drive in areas where profiling is standard, I find it disturbing to think any given moment they could be shot and murdered if any movement they make while reaching for their licence could be misinterpret. So what's the point of this. I also have a nephew and niece working for law enforcement who could be killed for any given reason just because they wear a uniform. I've been stalked by a guy who had worked in the department of corrections. I could go on about numerous bad encounters and turn this into an us against them sort of nonsensical bash fest so is there a point.

Are we going to turn everything into a black white issue now. An officer lost his life at the hand of a coward as some aptly called him, what is it some are calling for here turn back to the your good ole days or something when officers and others could do and say anything you want to a black person and no one would bat an eye.

How about we ask the mods for one free for all day. :D

PS....As an added note, I hope all our loved ones stay safe and continue living productive fulfilled lives seeing each other as human beings deserving of the same rights and courteous treatment we want for ourselves and others..
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Well said, April.
 
SeaBreeze said:
Cops are safer now than they were in the 1970s, less cop killings now, just more exaggerated media coverage. http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/01/14...ne-in-killings-of-police-officers-since-1970s
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Civilians shot by police declined but at a slower rate. But they also note the lack of data due to the way lethal force is recorded and reported. My guess medical advances has saved the life of many shot since the 70s. Also how many police were shot at but didn't die or a bullet proof vest stopped a bullet. Due to the national coverage what would've been a local or regional story decades ago can amplify or distort a story because it does or does not fit a particular narrative.
 

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