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NYC Cop shot
Reuters) - A man wanted for illegal gun possession was charged on Sunday with the attempted murder of a New York City plainclothes police officer who was shot in the head while pursuing the suspect in his unmarked car, authorities said.
Officer Brian Moore, 25, remained in critical but stable condition at Jamaica Hospital, a spokeswoman for the New York Police Department said.
Police identified the suspect in the shooting in the New York borough of Queens on Saturday as Demetrius Blackwell, 35. He was arrested soon after the shooting and on Sunday he was charged with attempted murder, assault and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, the NYPD said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/03/us-usa-newyork-police-shot-idUSKBN0NO00720150503
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)Human101948
(3,457 posts)There sure have been a lot of views.
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)Here's a primer for DU.
A lot of people are one issue posters.
A lot of people will judge the "reasons" why a person posted something, especially if they have sparred with someone over the same issue.
A lot of people read without ever responding or reccing. Your views count all of that.
Give it some time. You got recs and responses. That doesn't happen all the time.
But the focus should be on Officer More, not on how many people end up reccing your post.
jeff47
(26,549 posts)Posts on Friday nights, Saturdays and Sundays get seen a lot less, and thus fewer recs.
Saturdays don't see much action all day, Sundays typically won't see as much action until later in the evening, and Fridays stop seeing action around 4-5pm.
still_one
(92,219 posts)If that is the case, you really don't know DU
Human101948
(3,457 posts)I've been around a lot longer than you might deduce from the information you have.
As for knowing DU, I was surprised at some of the nasty comments below.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)It's why I mentioned the time in my response to him. He waited exactly what? 11 minutes before scolding everyone?
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)How horrible.
Mz Pip
(27,451 posts)I wish him well.
brer cat
(24,577 posts)I hope he fully recovers.
K&R
romanic
(2,841 posts).
NotoriousRBG
(44 posts)B2G
(9,766 posts)951-Riverside
(7,234 posts)We don't have special threads for people gunned down everyday because of gun violence, so why are police officers so special?
I'm sick and tired of police officers being treated as Gods while most people who are shot and killed barely make it in the police press release.
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)Evergreen Emerald
(13,069 posts)I think we can spare a few seconds to honor life over violence.
AuntPatsy
(9,904 posts)He as well as his loved ones as well as shooters loved ones all have my sympathy....
NanceGreggs
(27,815 posts)... about people gunned down because of gun violence, especially those gunned down by cops.
So a cop who's only "guilt" was being on the job doesn't deserve any compassion, because voicing that compassion equates to his "being treated as a god".
Got it.
markpkessinger
(8,401 posts). . . Rather, Riverside is refusing to buy into the dishonest agenda of the OP, which was to passive-aggressively suggest that folks here have some particular animus against police officers because we articulate valid criticism of police brutality and excessive use of force.
GGJohn
(9,951 posts)because he makes it pretty damn clear that he has no sympathy for the officer.
markpkessinger
(8,401 posts), , , I think the post makes clear that Riverside objects -- as indeed I object -- to any suggestion that the lives of police officers are any more valuable than the lives of anybody else.
951-Riverside
(7,234 posts)I've had it up to here with people who believe that police officers are god-like and lives are worth more than the life of an everyday citizen. You will almost never threads dedicated to folks like Francisco Lopez, of Ogden UT who was cowardly gunned down in the streets early Sunday morning.
Why is his life worth less?
GGJohn
(9,951 posts)link to a post claiming that.
If you want to start a thread for Francisco Lopez, of Ogden UT, or others that were gunned down, then by all means, do so, but don't claim that we're saying what you claim.
840high
(17,196 posts)Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)particularly human being that deserves his own thread and our support? And what kind of support is being solicited? Good thoughts from a stranger?
NanceGreggs
(27,815 posts)We don't know about all of them; not all of them make the news.
In this instance, we DO know about this particular person and what happened to him.
I don't pray. But I see nothing wrong with asking those who do pray to say a prayer for someone who is suffering, and for their families who are dealing with a horrible situation.
If holding a positive thought in your mind for a stranger is too much to ask of you, you can simply not do so. I don't see why you feel a need to disparage those who do.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)steve2470
(37,457 posts)GGJohn
(9,951 posts)He's a human being with a family and deserves our sympathy.
giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)You don't rule the roost here.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)Oh, what? It's 951-Riverside?
Never mind. This dude's just talking to hisself.
Obvious is obvious.
951-Riverside
(7,234 posts)Part of this thread reminds me of FR during the height of the Iraq war when one would be labeled everything from a terrorist sympathizer to a "freedom hater" for daring to question the war and Dubya. I am just sick of the mindless uniform worship and phony patriotism that certain elements of our society engages in.
I do not think that a police officer getting shot deserves greater "prayers" and "good wishes" than what a average citizen gets, gun violence regardless of occupation is tragic and affects us all whether it be an officer performing his or her duties or a mom or dad driving home after a long day of work.
I just wish that victims of gun violence were treated as equals and got the same attention from law enforcement, media, etc but sadly if you're John Q. Public and you get shot while sitting in your car you're lucky to get a press release written about you. No one outside of your family is going to remember you and no one is going to create posts calling for "support" and "prayers".
Just the way it is.
okaawhatever
(9,462 posts)JI7
(89,252 posts)is anyone defending the guy who shot the officer ?
deutsey
(20,166 posts)the_sly_pig
(741 posts)for doing his job.
Folks certainly love having cops around when they need them.
I bet we could save a bunch of tax money by ridding ourselves of law enforcement officers. But even the complainers wouldn't go that far. I bet they would not step up to wear a badge either.
Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)I bet we could save a huge amount of tax money by de-militarizing the police and stop conducting the "war on drugs". Which was never about controlling illegal drug use. If it had been, some progress would have been made in the last 40+ years.
It was/is about selling equipment to different agencies in the government and as a control mechanism on minorities.
PUBLIC SERVANTS are open to criticism by the public. Public servants can be video taped while in the process of doing public service. Discrepancies in service, morality, and individual treatment should be public knowledge. Those who do these things are acting for the public good.
the_sly_pig
(741 posts)where do we meet?
Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)"He was doing his job, so I shot him in the head."
Just when I think I've heard it all, someone comes along and blows me right the fuck away.
Response to cherokeeprogressive (Reply #26)
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cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)is surely one who'd call another person names from the safety of the chair behind his monitor.
Way to go, Bro. Need another shovel?
GGJohn
(9,951 posts)And just WTF are you?
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)Pots and kettles and all of that.
fadedrose
(10,044 posts)A brave man doing his job. Honorable and admirable...
We needed something like this to happen to remind us that all cops aren't shady, and all chased suspects are not innocent victims...
It takes all kinds, and hopefully the law can sort them out.
kath
(10,565 posts)have you seen his files from all the forces he has worked for?
There are plenty of violent, sexually-abusing dirty cops out there.
All deaths are sad, cops are not more special than everyone else,
fadedrose
(10,044 posts)I think of my son, who is not dirty and not likely to plant evidence, etc., and is a good family man....
The plainclothes cop had a dangerous job. I hope he was all I said he was. That's all I could do.
Thespian2
(2,741 posts)The officer was doing his job...he did not deserve to be shot...no one should be shot...
RecoveringJournalist
(148 posts)Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)GGJohn
(9,951 posts)Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)GGJohn
(9,951 posts)Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)same day. It sucks for them and it sucks for their family and friends.
I am not religious or superstitious; my 'good thoughts' or 'prayers' are meaningless for him.
So, I am not quite sure what my support is going to do.
GGJohn
(9,951 posts)Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)madashelltoo
(1,698 posts)There's always an idiot with little or no regard for life waiting to destroy the lives and families of people they don't even know.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)It would be a nice thing to have no one shot for a full day...someday.
The assailant hasn't been charged with "asshole"
markpkessinger
(8,401 posts)But something tells me your thread is less about your 'concern' for this particular cop than it is about using his injury as an opportunity to push back against some of the thoroughly justified and valid criticism of excessive police violence many have articulated here. So, I call bullshit on your call for 'support' of this injured officer!
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)tularetom
(23,664 posts)He's the real thing.
giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)Cops don't show remorse when they murder in cold blood, why should we give a shit when one of them goes down?
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)7962
(11,841 posts)alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Why this individual in particular? It appears to deny both support and sympathy for the average 289 other Americans who are killed by gun violence every day. Is there something specific which stands out in the scenario you've presented to us?
Or are we illustrating condolences to someone simply picked at random?
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)I mean, really!!!!!! How COULD a duer post a thread on one person and not everyone and everything else in the worldAND be doing so they are denying all other DUers from posting a thread on other crime victims!!!!!111
HOW COULD THEY!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111111111
Skittles
(153,169 posts)some of the sentiment expressed on DU is downright embarrassing
giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)Officer Moore died. His family lost a father, husband, son. Do you care about them at all, or do you hate the police so much that you don't care?
giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)He'll get a rediculous funeral & this huge out pouring of support for what? Sorry the guy died, now everyone should move on.
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)Or Michael Brown's? Or Tamir Rice's family?
I didn't see, nor would I expect, anyone on this site to have said "Sorry the guy died, now everyone should move on" for any of those victims.
giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)Are their murderers now sitting in jail without bond, were they labeled as thugs? Was Freddie Grey, Michael Brown, or Tamir Rice given big elaborate funerals & labeled as hero's,? No, they were called thugs, criminals & dragged through the mud. Hell, many of the Freddie Grey threads on here didn't even get noticed.
The police in this country should get the treatment as everyone else not a big hoopla when they die, this is bullshit.
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)That sounds eerily like the racists that say all young black men are criminals because some are.
Same bigotry, just pointed at a different group; hypocrisy at its finest.
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)Well, because he was killed in the line of duty and leaves behind a family.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)arcane1
(38,613 posts)beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)kath
(10,565 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)CullenBohannon
(64 posts)had alot of priors. shouldn't of been out on the street.