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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSex Offender Kills K9 Officer, Bail Set for 1 Million Dollars
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/sex-offender-kills-k9-officer-bail-set-for-1-million-dollars.html
Lisa Spector February 17, 2014 5:00 pm
January 30th was a sad day for the Pittsburgh Police Department. Flags were lowered to half staff, tears were shed by the entire community, and officer Phil Lerzas heart was broken. His partner, who happened to have four legs, had been killed in the line of duty.
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The loss of this hard working German Shepherd was no different than the loss of any other police officer that offered his life to protect his community. John L. Rush, a convicted sex offender, stabbed Rocco during an attempted arrest by the police. He also injured two other human police offers while resisting arrest.
After a hard fight at the Pittsburgh Veterinary Specialty & Emergency Center in Ohio Township, Roccos body was carried out on a gurney covered with an American flag. A few days later, he was honored at a standing room only funeral service.
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Sex Offender Kills K9 Officer, Bail Set for 1 Million Dollars (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Feb 2014
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shedevil69taz
(512 posts)3. Generalizations do no one any good.
My neighbors and good friends have dogs and routinely go way out of their way to causing undo harm to furbabies whenever they encounter them.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)2. Vale
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)4. But if a Cop doesn't like your dog he shoots it - no harm no foul
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)5. No. Rocco isn't responsible for the behavior of cops
He didn't deserve doing his job. He found many explosives on the job, and saved many lives as a result.
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)6. So we drape him in a flag while Cops shoots family pets for no reason
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)8. we go after the pet-shooters; we don't take it out on Rocco. nt
NM_Birder
(1,591 posts)10. No....you don't
I understand that not every "cop" is a bullet slinging thug that shoots family pets for no reason.
I respect the work the police do, you never hear of the HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of times the police protect the general public.
So no, YOU don't drape him in the flag, you judge the majority of good police, according to the minority of bad ones.
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)11. Good Cops protecting Child Murdering Pigs
Which makes them all fucked
NM_Birder
(1,591 posts)12. LOL...grow up.
adult life is going to smack you hard with that kind of narrow minded philosophy, but that attitude is probably just for effect, that's my guess anyway. Overplayed your outrage, showed ignorance instead.
What's you opinion of politicians ? same as "Child Murdering Pigs " ? Some are criminals, so all are fucked ?
Bet you like to call yourself a Democrat huh ?
TheMathieu
(456 posts)7. Sex offender AND dog killer.
Bail sounds reasonable.
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)9. agreed. nt