Police Officer Killed while Pumping Gas in Houston

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I just heard this on my local news cast. I have no details other than what's in the title other than he was shot in the back. If someone finds a link, please share it. I'll be following this when I get up in the morning.

hedonist

Found this, but assume more info to follow.

http://abc13.com/news/hcso-deputy-fatally-shot-at-gas-station-in-nw-harris-county/961336/

Going about your life and someone else decides, "That's it - you're done. Just because I said so."

I find myself asking more and more...what the fuck is wrong with some people?

PJfanwillneverleave1

hedonist said:

Going about your life and someone else decides, "That's it - you're done. Just because I said so."
I find myself asking more and more...what the fuck is wrong with some people?

Gotta be careful with your words Hedo
Next thing you know you will bombarded with the old
"so much hate and passive aggressive" accusations.

It sucked this happened but AMT can be full of shitty things.
Lately you seem irked.(Perhaps feeling down on a certain shitty thing?)
I don't mean to de-rail OP just that your thread perhaps is left wide open.

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It's really unbelievable how cold blooded people can be.

hedonist

PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

hedonist said:

Going about your life and someone else decides, "That's it - you're done. Just because I said so."
I find myself asking more and more...what the fuck is wrong with some people?

Gotta be careful with your words Hedo
Next thing you know you will bombarded with the old
"so much hate and passive aggressive" accusations.

It sucked this happened but AMT can be full of shitty things.
Lately you seem irked.(Perhaps feeling down on a certain shitty thing?)
I don't mean to de-rail OP just that your thread perhaps is left wide open.

Sometimes it all (the news here in the US and outside of it, how people can and do and sometimes lust in the mistreatment of each other, how they can pour chemicals on animals for a laugh, set a fire that takes out thousands of acres land) does more than irk me.

If this shit ever fails to affect me...take me out of my (lack of) misery.

I think what's happening lately for me is that given our technology, putting faces to these actions somehow makes it more personal. Years ago I'd have just read about it in print; easier to glance, blanket it and move on. Now I see photos of the asshole who took down animals for fun, the scumbag who took down children for fun.

Trust that I try to let it go as I can through various means.

And truth be told, while I'm a bit melancholy this evening, I'm not really down but sort of...resigned? Even got some old Blind Melon going here, which is like an aural balm.

I'm more at home in my Galaxie.

brianlux

Maybe Chuck Dukowski had it right- give everybody guns and see who is left standing. I'll be in a basement five floors down. Let me know when it's all over.

Or maybe revive the "Good News" thread?

josevolution

This is sick the killer kept shooting even when cop was down its unbelievable , at some point something has to be done about how many guns are out there ...

rr165892

hedonist said:

PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

hedonist said:

Going about your life and someone else decides, "That's it - you're done. Just because I said so."
I find myself asking more and more...what the fuck is wrong with some people?

Gotta be careful with your words Hedo
Next thing you know you will bombarded with the old
"so much hate and passive aggressive" accusations.

It sucked this happened but AMT can be full of shitty things.
Lately you seem irked.(Perhaps feeling down on a certain shitty thing?)
I don't mean to de-rail OP just that your thread perhaps is left wide open.

Sometimes it all (the news here in the US and outside of it, how people can and do and sometimes lust in the mistreatment of each other, how they can pour chemicals on animals for a laugh, set a fire that takes out thousands of acres land) does more than irk me.

If this shit ever fails to affect me...take me out of my (lack of) misery.

I think what's happening lately for me is that given our technology, putting faces to these actions somehow makes it more personal. Years ago I'd have just read about it in print; easier to glance, blanket it and move on. Now I see photos of the asshole who took down animals for fun, the scumbag who took down children for fun.

Trust that I try to let it go as I can through various means.

And truth be told, while I'm a bit melancholy this evening, I'm not really down but sort of...resigned? Even got some old Blind Melon going here, which is like an aural balm.

I'm more at home in my Galaxie.

"Aural Balm" sounds sooo soothing.

callen

Happened in my neck of the woods. I added link to gun thread before seeing this. Example of how having a gun strapped to your waist and being trained is no protection.

mickeyrat

being at a gas station, I assume theere were mulitple security cameras in use to help with prosecution of drive offs?

Article I came across didnt give much more than the basic facts

callen

Got the perp.

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Something very similar to this happened in moncks corner, sc a couple of months ago. A cop was talking to someone in a gas station parking lot when a guy came from being the building and shot him in the head. Somehow, he survived. Two days later, Charleston police killed the guy.

I hope this doesn't become the new way of killing cops.

mickeyrat

actually the number cops killed in the line of duty (i.e. murdered) is down from last year which saw a spike. Been a downward treand for several decades now. Any are too many but it is a positive?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/06/30/fewer-police-officers-shot-and-killed-over-first-half-of-2015-than-2014/

another article says that a quarter of the cops that have been killed are in lousiana.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/08/27/nearly-a-quarter-of-the-police-officers-shot-and-killed-this-year-have-been-in-louisiana/

bootlegger10

I'm surprised race hasn't come up in any of the articles I've read. Oh wait...a white person was killed so it does fit any liberal or media agenda.

Asterisk on the Street

hedonist said:

Found this, but assume more info to follow.

http://abc13.com/news/hcso-deputy-fatally-shot-at-gas-station-in-nw-harris-county/961336/

Going about your life and someone else decides, "That's it - you're done. Just because I said so."

I find myself asking more and more...what the fuck is wrong with some people?

I ask myself the same question. The callousness of some people is mind-boggling. This brutal execution is beyond comprehension. Sad.

RiotZact

mickeyrat said:

another article says that a quarter of the cops that have been killed are in lousiana.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/08/27/nearly-a-quarter-of-the-police-officers-shot-and-killed-this-year-have-been-in-louisiana/

Isn't Louisiana the easiest state to obtain a gun in or something like that? I'm sure there's no connection there though.

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I've heard police have arrested the guy that did this. I can't wait to hear why he did this. Gang initiation? Lost a bet? The cop owed him some coke? Something. This is just too heartless.

hedonist

Press conference shortly.

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They are saying the cop had no previous dealings with the suspect. Random and complete senseless.

Gern Blansten

Another example of how a surprise shooter can take down anyone regardless if they are armed or not. This isn't any different than the Charleston shootings where the pro gun crowd said "if only someone in the group had been armed." Why aren't we hearing that same argument now?...that's a rhetorical question

jnimhaoileoin

So this guy had been previously charged with 'disorderly conduct with a firearm', yet I bet the gun he used to commit the murder was legally held. Madness