7 law enforcement officers killed in 7 days

[Pony]

Seven law enforcement officers across the country have been killed in the line of duty in the past seven days, according to multiple news outlets and law enforcement social media pages, marking an unusually deadly week for the profession.

Feb. 5: Seaside, Oregon, Police Sgt. Jason Goodding was shot and killed while trying to arrest a suspect. Goodding leaves behind a wife and two daughters.

Feb. 8: Mesa County, Colorado, Deputy Derek Geer was shot and killed by a suspect who was able to fire his gun after being stunned by Geer. Geer leaves behind a wife and two children.

Feb. 10: Harford County, Maryland, Senior Deputy Mark Logsdon and Senior Deputy Patrick Dailey have died following a confrontation with a man in a restaurant. The deputies were dispatched to a restaurant. Inside, Dailey engaged the suspect in conversation. The suspect pulled a gun and shot Dailey in the head. He then fired at Logsdon in the parking lot outside. Logsdon was able to fire back. Both deputies have been commended for their combined 46 years of work, including pulling a boy from a burning car before it exploded, and talking a man out of killing himself.

Feb. 10: Tulare County, California, Deputy Scott Ballantyne and pilot James Chavez were flying a surveillance plane to assist ground patrols who were attempting to find an armed suspect when the CTLS single engine plane lost altitude and crashed into a mountain in the San Joaquin Valley.

Feb. 10: Fargo, North Dakota, Police Officer Jason Moszer was shot and killed while setting up a perimeter around a house where a man was reported to be committing domestic violence. That man killed Moszer at the beginning of an hours-long standoff with SWAT. Moszer suffered a non-survivable wound but remained alive long enough for his family to say goodbye.

Feb. 11: Riverdale, Georgia, Police Department Maj. Greg Barney was shot and killed while enforcing a perimeter while other officers executed a drug warrant. The suspect fled out the backdoor of the home before firing at Barney.

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund says 124 law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty in 2015, and 42 of those officers were fatally shot.

The fund also says before Feb. 5, two police officers, a corrections officer and a Homeland Security agent were killed in the line of duty in 2016.

[Goofy]

It's ok, i'm sure they all deserved it :tup:

















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[RBP]

:rip:

[Muddy]

Thanks, Obama..:meh:

[Pony]

National Fraternal Order of Police
4 hrs ·

The Honorable Barack H. Obama II 12 February 2016
President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20500

Dear Mr. President,

More than a year ago, I wrote to you and the leaders of Congress on behalf of the members of the Fraternal Order of Police to urge, in the strongest possible terms, that the current Federal hate crimes law be expanded to include law enforcement officers. This call has gone unanswered and our nation’s law enforcement officers continue to die in the streets.

Under current law, persons who deliberately victimize another person because of the race, color, creed, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability are subject to greater penalties. The law passed with bipartisan support because Congress saw a need to expand the law to protect a group of our fellow citizens whom we suspected were being targeted as victims of violence and intimidation. In addition to increased criminal penalties, the law required the U.S. Department of Justice to collect data on these crimes so that we in law enforcement can do a better job of deterring and preventing them.

Mr. President, now Americans who choose to be law enforcement officers, who choose to serve their communities and put their lives on the line for their fellow citizens, find themselves hunted and targeted just because of the uniform they wear. Already in 2016, seven officers have been shot to death while on duty:

Officer Thomas W. Cottrell, Jr. of the Danville Police Department in Ohio was shot and killed in an ambush attack by a man who told his ex-girlfriend that he intended to kill a law enforcement officer.
Officer Douglas S. Barney of the Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake in Utah was responding to the scene of a car crash when one of the drivers, a man with an extensive criminal background and active Federal and State warrants, shot and killed him. The shooter wounded another officer before being killed by responding officers.
Deputy Patrick Dailey of the Harford County Sheriff’s Office in Maryland confronted a man at restaurant who was wanted in Florida for assaulting a law enforcement officer. As he took a seat at the man’s table, the man drew a firearm and shot and killed Deputy Dailey. The shooter was pursued by other officers, including Harford County Senior Deputy Mark Logsdon, who was killed during the ensuing gun fight.
Sergeant Jason Goodding of the Seaside Police Department on Oregon identified a wanted felon while on patrol and attempted to arrest the man, who resisted. Another officer struck the man with a Taser but he was still able to draw and fire his weapon at Sgt. Goodding, killing him.
Deputy Derek Geer of the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado confronted a juvenile suspect while on patrol who immediately became combative. A Taser was deployed to subdue the suspect, but he was still able to draw a gun and shoot Deputy Geer, who died the next day from his injuries.
Officer Jason Moszer of the Fargo Police Department in North Dakota responded to a domestic violence disturbance call. A man, armed with multiple long guns, called dispatchers after barricading himself inside of his home and told them he was going to shoot at officers. He shot and killed Officer Moszer from his barricade.
Major Greg Barney of the Riverdale Police Department in Georgia was assisting officers from the Clayton County Police Department who were serving an arrest warrant. The subject attempted to escape and shot and killed Major Barney.

Mr. President, that is eight officers–six in less than a week–who have been gunned down by assailants striking from ambush or career criminals with active warrants who decided they would not be taken into custody, no matter the cost. Enough is enough! This must end.

It is not just talk; it is not just rhetoric. Those spewing this hatred and those calling for violence are having an impact. They have been given a platform by the media to convey the message that police officers are their enemy and it is time to attack that enemy. Social media accounts are full of hatred and calls to target and kill police officers. The vitriol, the hateful screeds and statements of those we are sworn to protect and defend, as well as public calls to kill and injure police officers, are horrifying. There is a very real and very deliberate campaign to terrorize our nation’s law enforcement officers.

Elected officials are quick to console the families of the fallen and praise us for the difficult and dangerous work that we do every day. Yet, too many are silent when the hate speech floods the media with calls for violence against police or demands that police stand down and give them “room to destroy.” The violence will not end until the rhetoric does which is why I have called on Congress and your Administration to work with us to address the surge of violence against police by expanding the Federal hate crimes law to protect police. We must stand up and reject, completely and without qualification, the use of violence, terror and hate as an instrument of social change. That is not who we are as Americans.

The great Irish statesman, Edmund Burke wrote “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Too many good men and women are doing nothing and saying nothing in defense of us, the defenders. As a result, we now have the crisis of this nationwide trend of violence against police officers. We need your help to solve it.

On behalf of the more than 330,000 members of the Fraternal Order of Police, I thank you for your consideration of our views on this issue and look forward to discussing them with you further.

Sincerely,

Chuck Canterbury
National President

I'm sure this will turn things right around.

[DemonGeminiX]

Not under this administration.

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[Teh One Who Knocks]

FOX News


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A Fargo police officer fatally shot responding to a routine domestic disturbance call. A 25-year police veteran killed while trying to serve a warrant outside Atlanta. These are just the latest tragedies of cops murdered while performing their sworn duty -- "to protect and serve."

But while President Obama and the Democratic candidates vying to succeed him are putting America's police departments on trial in the court of public opinion in response to a rash of deadly police shootings, the murder of police officers on America's streets is being met with a “deafening silence.”

“I cannot recall any time in recent years when six law enforcement professionals have been murdered by gunfire in multiple incidents in a single week,” National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund CEO Craig W. Floyd said in a statement Friday. “Already this year there have been eight officers shot and killed, compared to just one during the same period last year and represents a very troubling trend."

The relative silence on officer deaths contrasts with the Democratic candidates’ often fiery language on police brutality against African Americans. When it came to the issue of law enforcement at Thursday night’s Democratic debate, the candidates focused almost exclusively on “police reform.” Vermont Sen. Sanders said he’s “sick and tired” of seeing unarmed black people shot by police, likening heavily equipped departments to “occupying armies” – a reference to Ferguson, Mo. and elsewhere. Hillary Clinton hit similar points.

This, amid a rash of violence against police across the country. Jason Moszer, the police officer in Fargo, N.D., was shot during a standoff with a domestic violence suspect Wednesday and died from his injuries the next day. Police Maj. Greg Barney, separately, was shot dead at an apartment complex outside Atlanta, Ga.

So far in 2016, eight officers have been shot to death, with most of those deaths occurring in the past week, way up from this time last year.

Violence against police peaked in 2011 with 72 officers killed as a result of felonious incidents, the highest since 1994. It dropped to 27 deaths in 2013, but nearly doubled to 51 officers killed in 2014.
Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty | FindTheData

After two Maryland sheriff’s deputies were fatally shot earlier this week, Attorney General Loretta Lynch did meet with officials from the Major County Sheriff’s Association at their winter meeting in Washington. She said in a statement she was “deeply saddened” by the tragedy, calling it an “appalling and senseless crime, carried out against two dedicated guardians of the public.”

But on the campaign trail, anti-police violence is essentially a non-issue, even as candidates are quick to speak out on the alleged mistreatment of civilians at the hands of cops -- often before the facts of the situation are fully known.

Sheriff Paul Babeu of Pinal County, Ariz, told FoxNews.com the recent trend can be traced to Obama’s premature comments about the 2009 arrest of Professor Henry Louis Gates, who was briefly arrested after trying to break into his own house after losing his keys. Though the more complex aspects of the case were not yet known, Obama said “the police ... acted stupidly” and pointed to past discriminations against blacks and Latinos by police.

“That’s his lens on how he sees our heroes and our protectors,” Babeu, who is also a Republican congressional candidate, said. “That’s who he is and Clinton is lockstep in with him.”

“There is an absolute deafening silence from the leaders of our country [on anti-police violence], and it tells us where we are at this time in our society,” he said.

The choice of emphasis for the two 2016 presidential hopefuls can perhaps be tied to their bid to woo a more diverse electorate in Nevada and South Carolina.

Clinton has ramped up rhetoric protesting police brutality in recent weeks, and she used strong language in her speech in New Hampshire after Tuesday’s primary.

“We still have to break through the barriers of bigotry. African American parents shouldn’t have to worry about their children being harassed, humiliated and even shot for the color of their skin,” she said.

Sanders, who has been struggling to grow his appeal among black Democrats, has also jumped on the issue. Notably in August, when asked about the execution of a Texas police officer, Sanders called it “an outrage” but quickly pivoted to anti-black violence by cops.

“On the other hand, what we also have to understand, it is not acceptable in this country when unarmed black people get dragged out of cars or get shot,” Sanders said, although he did not specify an incident.

The Democratic candidates also have been careful in addressing these issues as they interact with members of the Black Lives Matter movement. In July, then-candidate Martin O’Malley was forced to apologize after telling protesters at a Netroots conference “All lives matter.” The seemingly benign statement caused booing from the audience; O’Malley apologized and went on to say “black lives matter” a number of times at Democratic debates. He never repeated the term “all lives matter.”

Sanders had a run in with BLM activists as well, when in August he had activists steal his microphone, as he was forced to stand to one side as they listed their demands and made a statement.

On the Republican side, candidates are speaking more about violence against police. Front-runner Donald Trump has called the police the “most mistreated” people in America.

“By the way, the police are the most mistreated people in this country, I’ll tell you that — the most mistreated people,” Trump said in January at the Fox Business debate in South Carolina.