MAXS Murder - Page 6

A warning is a citation. You get written up but you do not need to pay a fine. It basically means a slap on the wrist, like bad girl, don't do it again.  So, I guess I was lucky. I got one in Charles County for speeding, half a mile from my house (can you believe it?). And the guy came toward me from the opposite traffic, turned around and stopped me. I felt like telling him that was very sneaky, but thought it was better to keep my mouth shut. Especially, since I got another citation a month earlier in Washington D.C. for making an illegal left turn. But I am sure that they do not share records, but you never know. I know it sounds bad, but other than that I have been good for years. LOL

Chris

Seriously,

I'm sorry....you are an officer where? What city/state?  Or is that something that is top secret?

Who here has not witnessed both police abuse and police doing a great job. I lived in York, PA during the infamous race riots where several of our renegade officers and our red necked mayor aided and abetted a group of local thugs allowing them to ambush and murder an innocent black woman for nothing more than driving her Cadillac though their little corner of the world. It took over 25 years to bring them to justice and some are currently serving time, the others have since died.  The mayor was not indicted. On the same force there were other officers who were appalled at this murder, but they did not step forward due to being warned by that mayor that they would be dismissed. It was the good ole boy's network and their abuse was finally put to an end by the NAACP. As a result, no more K-9 corps in York, PA because the rogue cops used their dogs to terrorize and intimidate the minority population of this red neck city. No a very good solution to a very bad problem, was it? I suspect that the good ole boys network is still active in many areas of our country.

Good cop, bad cop....at times those lines are blurred because of the silent code. It's no different than the medical world, just try to find one doctor to testify that one of his colleagues is incompetent; 99% of the time it's not going to happen and more will die because of that silent code. Is that really  the American way?

Hopefully a thorough investigation will surface the truth in this horrible act and either the officer will be exonerated or punished. I guess it depends on which side of the legal fence one sits as to one's opinion, but we all have a right to have an opinion and express it without being called morons and idiots.

Look at the New Thread    NEW LINK TO HELP MAX  Please  everyone go there and post your thoughts and encourage them to investigate this issue along with other family pets that have been executed by LEO

Whoever posted the link about "precious" the Pit Bull Terrier needs to provide them with that link as well,  and write your thoughts on the phenomenon now known as  "Family pets are executed if they get in the way of Law Enforcement"   as the question... How are we to keep our pets "Safe" if they are not even Safe in our own home, backyard, garage,....

Maybe that's what should go on the poster ??

Just how is a family pet more important than the life and safety of a LEO?  I'm sorry for their loss.  I truly am.  But I think if my son is running through people's yards in pursuit of a felon and he happens upon a dog attacking him that he would shoot the dog rather than be attacked, maimed and possibly killed by said dog.  My son's life is more important than a dogs, especially when he is doing his job.  I pray to God that he never encounters this situation, but if he does I want him coming home in one piece. 

policemom:  I do understand your concerns about your sons safety, however, I feel that your son may not look at it as you do.  Have you talked to him about this type of situation?  Has he stated that he would shoot someone's dog in that someones yard, if he saw the dog coming towards him?  Would he wait until he was bitten once, before he shot?  Would he kick the dog and try to make a getaway over the fence?  Would he fire a couple of shots in the ground, using the noise of his gun to try and scare the dog off of it's thoughts about biting him?  Would your son take a bite before shooting?  If it was a twelve year old boy in the back yard with a rifle pointed at your son from thirty feet away, after your son had just handcuffed this twelve year olds father for domestic violence, would your son duck?  Run for cover?  Hide behind the kids father?  Shoot the kid?  Give loud and commanding commands to the kid to put the rifle down?

There are no right and wrong answers to these type of questions.  Only split second reactions based on our individuals life experiences and "make-up".  Training MAY enter into the equation, but often it does not.

To everyone reading.  Some have critized Officer Long (including me), some have made blanket statements about all cops (including me, sort of), and some have backed the cop no matter what (not including me).  I would like to relate a true story that you may not believe but it happened exactly this way, without embellishment.

One of my favorite places to eat my lunch while on patrol in uniform, was at the Wendy's restaurant at W. 32nd and Lorain in Cleveland.  One day I am sitting there eating, in uniform, and a young boy and his mother were at a nearby table and I noticed the mother looking at me often.  I assumed it was because I was so damn good looking :)  They finished before me and she brought her son over to my table as they were leaving the restaurant and said the following "I'm sorry for staring at you but I never knew that cops ate".  I smiled and said, "yep, and we go to the bathroom too".  She smiled and they left.  This was in my earlier years on the job and it made me realize that some do not understand that cops are just the same as everyone else.  They make mistakes, they have personal problems that can cause them to not react today as they may tomorrow or yesterday.  They have people that love them and people that hate them, just like ya'll (all of us) do.  They consist of morons, intellectuals, overly religious zealots, athiests, gun "stokers", hard workers, lazy ass workers, the brave and the cowardly, dog haters and dog lovers.  Please understand that there are heroic cops out there doing good every hour of every shift ( I know a hundred personally).  There are also cops out there doing bad and sometimes evil, 16 hours a day (I know dozens personally).

If you take anyone in history or life that you may have looked up to at some point in your own life, whether it be Thomas Jefferson, Elvis, Ronald Reagon, the Pope, Billy Graham, Serpico, Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, your father or yourself.  Look at the life of any of these people including you and I, and you will find many acts of good and acts of bad, accomplishments and mistakes.  These people could all have been cops, except for lifes twists and turns.  If you are not a cop now, I would be really surprised if you never considered it at some point in your life.