i have a lot of cop friends, and some cop family memebers. every so often we hear about a cop doing something like this. these things really bother me because one of my friends or family can respond to a situation like this and lose their life because of a kid has a badge and a gun. this cop was 20 a kid still. why was he in the position of authority when he still had milk behind his ears? its a shame that this kid shot those kids. its more of a shame that this kid was blue. the big question now is why was he blue when he should have been something else. i know every cop is different and every cop that happens to be a kid is on a different maturity level. i do not know the particulars other than what was in the news. but i do know a kid in a position if authority shot seven kids killing six. and that should never have happened!!!
2007-10-07 17:35:22 · 6 answers · asked by tom5251972 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
the 7th kid did die?
2007-10-07 17:45:01 · update #1
ok muggy that brings up a good point. the officesr i know make decent money. theirs is a high stress job and violence wether domestic or otherwise has been a problem, hidden as it is a lot, for many decades. why was he a part time cop for the city. i know the answer i am going to get is to make money.
2007-10-07 17:52:20 · update #2
i agree gaspode, in some cases there does seem to be a blue shield protecting cops, at least from the media. this guy and any other bad cops needs to be in the same situation that anyone else would find themselves in. the school shootings in the past is a good analogy. if this cop did it at a school there would be hell to pay. not just a sound bite. hell oj's "high speed" chase got more attention and he killed only two adults. and his face was altered, by one of the national news magazines, to make him look more menacing and its still in the news from time to time 12 years later.
2007-10-08 16:41:51 · update #3
NBC news gave it about 5 seconds in the middle of their news tonight. Any other mass murder would have been their lead for at least a week.
Murders by law enforcement officers does seem to be getting more common.
2007-10-08 15:13:51 · answer #1 · answered by Gaspode 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I asked the same thing when I saw his age. He was a full time deputy, and worked part time as an officer in the city. Apparently, this was over a bad break-up, but obviously the kid had some screws loose beforehand. Now obviously, I can say this with certainty, but I'm thinking there had to be some warning signs in the past. Just like with the VT shooting, this kid should been receiving help for his mental imbalance. Now 7 people are dead, and a community is going to want answers as to why he had a badge.
Edit: As to my comment on the 7 dead, I was including the deputy. As I understand it, he was killed later in a gun fight with brothers in blue. I also have to wonder how bad it is on them.
2007-10-07 17:43:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
He was a full-time SO Deputy and PT City.
Obviously whatever screening process was used when he was selected didn't look for the right things.
Mass murder by peace officers is getting more common. My guess is because of stress and a certain amount of attitude problems encouraged over the last half-dozen years.
At least it won't be the lead news story for the next year like it would be if he'd come unhinged at school.
2007-10-07 17:46:55 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
i be attentive to, why might each person ever write a music approximately that? if it weren't for the police, i do no longer think of *each person* realizes how effed up our international may well be. like whilst those law enforcement officials have been killed in pittsburgh by means of that asshole, i grew to become into stunned how little interest the media gave to it. for crying out loud, 3 people died, at their artwork, attempting to help in making our international a much better place. i'm so sorry approximately your mom's brother.
2017-01-03 06:43:27 · answer #4 · answered by barbe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I DO NOT KNOW ALL THE FACTS AND THUS CANNOT PLAY SUNDAY ARMCHAIR QUARTERBACK.
I AM SURE THE FACTS WILL BE OUT AND WE WILL KNOW IF HE WAS JUSTIFIED OR NOT?
AS TO AGE? YOU CAN BE SENT OVERSEAS AS A MILITARY POLICEMAN AT 18? YOU CAN LEGALLY DRINK ON BASE AT 18? YOU CAN LEGALLY GET KILLED AT 18 IN A WAR THAT IS VERY AKIN TO COMBAT IN THE CITY?
I KNOW OF SIX BIRMINGHAM POLICE OFFICERS 2 YEARS AGO WENT INTO A HOUSE ON A FAMILY VIOLENCE CALL AND ENDED UP A DRUG HOUSE--ALL SIX OFFICERS WERE KILLED AND THREE SUSPECTS IN THE HOUSE?
HOPEFULLY THIS OFFICER HAS A PROBABLE CAUSE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT TO HAVE DONE THIS?
PRAY FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY AND THE VICTIMS AS THEY GO THROUGH THIS ORDEAL.
2007-10-07 17:46:48 · answer #5 · answered by ahsoasho2u2 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
nature of the beast,some people enter law enforcement for the wrong reasons
2007-10-07 17:39:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋