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1. #1
   On December 22nd, 2009 at 12:12 pm, Truesoldier said:

   The only good news from this story is that the family (the ones not involved) provided first aid for the officers and called 911 which probably saved the officers lives.

2. #2
   On December 22nd, 2009 at 12:23 pm, sbw999 said:

   Allow officers to respond to home calls with guns out. Mandatory death penalty for anybody shooting at a cop, whether or not injury/death results. That’s a start.

3. #3
   On December 22nd, 2009 at 12:24 pm, englishqueen01 said:

   In Wauwatosa, WI, a female police officer was recently shot in the abdomen after being ambushed while responding to a robbery call.

   So this is going on elsewhere.

4. #4
   On December 22nd, 2009 at 12:28 pm, Hangfire said:

   Not too many cop shootings here in Honolulu.

   HPD usually doesn’t respond in time to apprehend anyone.

   According to both newspapers here, they solve and prosecute approximately 14% of the felonies committed.

   I didn’t even call them the last time I had property stolen from my carport.

   I pray that the two officers recover completely and quickly.

5. #5
   On December 22nd, 2009 at 12:30 pm, gridlock said:

   It appears this guy is a garden-variety redneck.

6. #6
   On December 22nd, 2009 at 12:31 pm, Hadenough said:

   More ammunition, so to speak, for the anti-gun freaks here in WA state.

7. #7
   On December 22nd, 2009 at 12:41 pm, Truesoldier said:

   On December 22nd, 2009 at 12:31 pm, Hadenough said:
   More ammunition, so to speak, for the anti-gun freaks here in WA state.

   No kidding, they are pushing for bans on so-called assualt weapons which of course will not reduce crime one bit, so they will say it was not a broad enough ban and try to pass an even more restrictive ban. Rinse and repeat until they take away our gun rights.

8. #8
   On December 22nd, 2009 at 12:52 pm, single stack said:

   Allow officers to respond to home calls with guns out. Mandatory death penalty for anybody shooting at a cop, whether or not injury/death results. That’s a start.

   America is too close to being a police state now.
   Cops are already trained to be paranoid and thuggish as it is. Escalating the paranoia will only get a lot more innocent people killed.
   Police are supposed to be public servants. They are already deified as sacred personages set above the people they are supposed to serve. You would make it worse.

9. #9
   On December 22nd, 2009 at 12:55 pm, sonofdy said:

   What the F%^K is going on in Washington???

   If this keeps up they will be carrying M16′s

10. #10
    On December 22nd, 2009 at 12:55 pm, drfredc said:

    Part of the problem here is how the media and government plays up their worship of these government workers as part of their worship of big government at large.

    Putting dead police on a media managed pedestal only points out to the mentally unstable how taking out one of these fine hard working folks is one way to poke a stick in the eye of whatever their delusions see as oppressing them…

    Expect more of the same so long as the police pedestal practice continues. One must balance compassion for the dead officers with prevention of future delusional violence against those fine folks still serving our neighborhoods.

11. #11
    On December 22nd, 2009 at 12:59 pm, netdude5 said:

    What’s going on here? I thought these locations were big city liberal utopia’s?

12. #12
    On December 22nd, 2009 at 1:08 pm, sbw999 said:

    On December 22nd, 2009 at 12:52 pm, single stack said:

    America is too close to being a police state now.

    Yeah, I keep reading about how cops are breaking into people’s homes in the middle of the night and terrorizing them. Happens all the time. (sarc/off)

    Cops are already trained to be paranoid and thuggish as it is.

    First, a story like this ambush would tend to make anybody a bit “paranoid”. But your statement is ridiculous anyway. Cops are underpaid for the risks, and the PC Bull**** they have to put up with, along with the anti-cop attitudes of nitwits like you.

13. #13
    On December 22nd, 2009 at 1:14 pm, Hangfire said:

    The best cops are non-union.

    The stronger the union, the worse the department.

14. #14
    On December 22nd, 2009 at 1:24 pm, rocketman said:

    ***
    I’ve known a couple of policeman pretty well. They are honest, capable, decent people doing a tough job. One cop was beaten badly–with a rock–trying to keep three thugs from assaulting a hapless victim in a parking lot. He was off duty at the time–his pistol was in his car.
    ***
    Yes–there are some “bad apples” in all groups. Most cops do the best they can in bad situations. Pray for the police and military who protect and defend us all.
    ***
    John Bibb
    ***

15. #15
    On December 22nd, 2009 at 1:30 pm, SpeakEasy said:

    On December 22nd, 2009 at 12:52 pm, single stack said:

    By all means, join the police force and reform it through direct involvement. Put your life on the line for your beliefs.

    Police are human and not all humans are good and honorable but insulting the good ones along with the bad does not make much sense.

16. #16
    On December 22nd, 2009 at 1:38 pm, Hangfire said:

    Not-OT, but tangential:

    Heard on the radio this morning about a woman in NYC, pregnant, having a seizure in a breakfast eatery/bagel joint.

    Two NYFD paramedics were getting their coffee and bagel. Customers were screaming at them to assist the woman. They told the crowd to call “911,” they were on break.

    The woman died, as did the baby. The firefighters union is, of course, standing behind the paramedics since breaks are part of the negotiated bargaining agreement.

    After all the laud and glory given to the NYFD since 9/11, and these two schmucks wipe it all clean in one moment.

    Yes, the majority of the firefighters are outstanding, committed individuals who risk their lives daily to serve man.

    Not every pilot in the U.S. Navy was at “Tailhook.” But they all faced the disdain of the public afterwards.

17. #17
    On December 22nd, 2009 at 2:47 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    HPD usually doesn’t respond in time to apprehend anyone.

    They are too busy handing out tickets to the hundreds of red light runners. Kidding! Run red lights at will in Honolulu.

18. #18
    On December 22nd, 2009 at 2:51 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    What’s going on here? I thought these locations were big city liberal utopia’s?

    Eatonville?

19. #19
    On December 22nd, 2009 at 3:20 pm, Tazed and Confused said:

    When the govt lacks leadership at the top, respect for those who uphold society is extinguished. — W.M. McCleron.

    We’ve gone from blowjobs to coke-snorting in the White House… will society respond differently?

20. #20
    On December 23rd, 2009 at 9:40 am, right4life said:

    Police: Shooting Of Elderly Woman “Tragic, Unfortunate”
    Posted: 7:41 pm EST November 21, 2006
    Updated: 6:11 am EST November 23, 2006

    ATLANTA — Three Atlanta police officers were shot and wounded and an elderly woman killed at a house in northwest Atlanta Tuesday night.

    The woman, identified by relatives as 92-year old Kathryn Johnston, opened fire on the officers from the narcotics division at a house at 933 Neal Street, according to officials.

    link

21. #21
    On December 23rd, 2009 at 9:42 am, right4life said:

    A 75-year-old retired minister died of a heart attack last night after strug gling with 13 heavily armed Boston Police officers who stormed the wrong Dor chester apartment in a botched drug raid.

    The Rev. Accelyne Williams struggled briefly when the raiding officers – some of them masked and carrying shotguns – subdued and handcuffed him, then he collapsed, police said.

    Williams, a retired Methodist minister, was pronounced dead of cardiac arrest at 4 p.m yesterday at Carney Hospital said hospital spokesman William Henderson.

    “There is a likelihood or possibility that we did hit the wrong apartment,” said Police Commissioner Paul Evans at a news conference last night. “If that’s the case, then there will be an apology.”

    link

    yeah an apology…sorry about your damned luck…