[brandon]

It happened in a little town. With two cops. Just like Andy and Barney. It was just a ticket for graffiti. And with any luck, the dead cop will turn out to be a white guy. I just knew this would be your kind of story. It's even from Fox.

Enjoy.

Texas police chief fatally shot during traffic stop


Published August 24, 2014
·FoxNews.com



The police chief in a small Texas town just southeast of San Antonio was fatally shot Saturday while conducting a traffic stop.

Bexar County Sheriff Susan Parmerleau told KABB-TV that Elmendorf Police Chief Michael Pimentel was shot after pulling over Joshua Lopez, 24, to serve an active misdemeanour warrant for graffiti. Parmerleau told The Associated Press that Lopez shot Pimentel several times. The chief was airlifted to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

"I tried talking to him when he was in the ambulance for a brief moment, but he wasn't conscious," Sgt. Jason Burchett told KABB. "Today is proof it doesn’t matter if you’re a small department, you think nothing can happen. Things certainly do."

Lopez was taken into custody without incident, Parmerleau said, and will face a charge of capital murder for shooting a police officer.

Elmendorf, located approximately 25 miles southeast of San Antonio, has a population of approximately 1,500. The town has only two paid police officers and ten reserve officers.

"It's a very small town. Everybody knows each other," Pamerleau told the AP, adding that the impact has been "devastating."

Elmendorf Mayor Evelyn Lykins said in a news release that Pimentel had served as police chief for more than a year.

"He embraced the community of Elmendorf not only as its head of law enforcement officer but also as a resident. We will miss him," the mayor said.

Steve McCraw, head of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said Pimentel is the fifth law enforcement officer to die in Texas this year. Three of the five were killed by gunfire. Thirteen officers died in the line of duty last year.

"Every day police officers throughout the state risk their lives to protect their communities, and tragically sometimes they make the ultimate sacrifice," McCraw said.

[johnforbes]

The White House is sending 3 staffers to the funeral of hulking criminal Brown in Missouri.

How many White House staffers will attend this funeral?

[elklindo69]

It happened in a little town. With two cops. Just like Andy and Barney. It was just a ticket for graffiti. And with any luck, the dead cop will turn out to be a white guy. I just knew this would be your kind of story. It's even from Fox.

Enjoy.

Texas police chief fatally shot during traffic stop


Published August 24, 2014
·FoxNews.com



The police chief in a small Texas town just southeast of San Antonio was fatally shot Saturday while conducting a traffic stop.

Bexar County Sheriff Susan Parmerleau told KABB-TV that Elmendorf Police Chief Michael Pimentel was shot after pulling over Joshua Lopez, 24, to serve an active misdemeanour warrant for graffiti. Parmerleau told The Associated Press that Lopez shot Pimentel several times. The chief was airlifted to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

"I tried talking to him when he was in the ambulance for a brief moment, but he wasn't conscious," Sgt. Jason Burchett told KABB. "Today is proof it doesn’t matter if you’re a small department, you think nothing can happen. Things certainly do."

Lopez was taken into custody without incident, Parmerleau said, and will face a charge of capital murder for shooting a police officer.

Elmendorf, located approximately 25 miles southeast of San Antonio, has a population of approximately 1,500. The town has only two paid police officers and ten reserve officers.

"It's a very small town. Everybody knows each other," Pamerleau told the AP, adding that the impact has been "devastating."

Elmendorf Mayor Evelyn Lykins said in a news release that Pimentel had served as police chief for more than a year.

"He embraced the community of Elmendorf not only as its head of law enforcement officer but also as a resident. We will miss him," the mayor said.

Steve McCraw, head of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said Pimentel is the fifth law enforcement officer to die in Texas this year. Three of the five were killed by gunfire. Thirteen officers died in the line of duty last year.

"Every day police officers throughout the state risk their lives to protect their communities, and tragically sometimes they make the ultimate sacrifice," McCraw said.

Obviously you have no perspective. Here's another story...from Fox.


The number of law enforcement authorities killed by gunfire dipped to 33 in 2013, the lowest total since the Wild West days of 1887, according to a report from a law enforcement advocacy group.

The number of police officers felled by bullets around the nation has been trending downward in recent years, but the 125-year low reported by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund was welcome news for the nation's peacekeepers. Experts also noted that overall line-of-duty deaths of federal, state, local, tribal and territorial officers dropped to 111, the lowest total since 1959.

“The only good news is zero deaths, but this very significant drop in law enforcement fatalities the past two years is extremely encouraging,” said Craig Floyd, chairman and CEO of the fund. “Our organization, in partnership with others, is working hard to create a new culture of safety in law enforcement that no longer accepts deaths and injuries as an unavoidable part of the job. This year’s officer fatality report is strong evidence that this intensified effort to promote law enforcement safety is making a difference.”

Floyd's organization this week put out its annual report chronicling the improved numbers, noting that increased use of body armor could bring shooting deaths of police down even further.

[johnforbes]

12 million arrests per yr, only about 400 shootings, most not involving black victims.

So the blather about "war on black kids" is merely black racism.

[brandon]

Great statistic Elk. I knew you would enjoy this little story. I'm sorry that this is such a frustrating time for you. Maybe the number of police officers murdered by people like you will increase soon. Hopefully they will be white cops.

Right?

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[elklindo69]

It's ironic that Ice T portrays a detective on Law and Order...

Go figure...........................

[johnforbes]

12 million arrests per yr, only about 400 shootings, most not involving black victims.

So the blather about "war on black kids" is merely black racism.

[elklindo69]

12 million arrests per yr, only about 400 shootings, most not involving black victims.

So the blather about "war on black kids" is merely black racism.

They had to dispand a whole police department because of racism.

How many people have been shot by cops for jaywalking?

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[johnforbes]

12 million arrests per yr, only about 400 shootings, most not involving black victims.

So the blather about "war on black kids" is merely black racism.