Another big multiple cop shooting. Baton Rouge.

[roberth]

I am getting really sick of this crap.

Today is a "Support the Police" rally, starts at 1500 hours at Civic Center Park. https://www.facebook.com/ProPoliceRallyCO/

I know it is facebook but it is all I could find.

[Gman]

Well, if you're talking about this incident, to be fair I don't thing we know anything about the shooter(s) yet. I haven't heard anything.

If you're talking about general terms, I agree with your sarcasm.

I might be jumping the gun and this isn't in any way related to the shooting of Alton Sterling...but I doubt it.

There's also the delay in any information about the dead perp, and based on past experience, there's a reason.

[Big E3]

Should this turn out to be BLM related, how can a group of people that don’t want to fear for their lives when being pulled over by the cops be stupid enough to think that killing cops will help? I can’t imagine being a cop and walking up to a car that may or may not have BLM activists inside. If only one of them makes a slightly unusual movement they will likely all be shot. I can’t believe that cops would not be instructed to draw their weapon when approaching a car with possible BLM supporters. And when I say BLM, I can’t imagine that BLM profiling isn’t going to be standard operating procedure nationwide.

[cstone]

Such a tragedy. Life can be overwhelming if we let it. I will say prayers for those who are murdered and those who are injured unjustly.

Two things occur to me:

Police officers do not have an organized and coordinated plan to profile, assault, and/or kill black people. A few officers, scattered around the country are bad and do these things. A few officers have made poor decisions and done these things unintentionally. The vast majority of officers are dedicated to doing the best job possible, being safe, and going home at the end of their shift.

Black people are not a monolithic group who follow the leadings of Al Sharpton, J. Jackson, #blacklivesmatter, etc... A few groups and several individuals have decided to target police officers. We don't know who or where these groups or people are until they make themselves known. Some groups and individuals, who are black are racist and dislike white people or hispanic people, or asian people, etc... The majority of black people would like to live their lives and pursue their own notion of hapiness just like other Americans.

We cause problems for ourselves when we confuse who we are dealing with. If we wrongly judge the motives of other people or groups we often inflict pain and tragedy on others who do not deserve such treatment.

I will make some suggestions and they are just suggestions: Try to treat others as you would like to be treated. Defend yourself without being defensive or offensive. Avoid situations you know or assume will be dangerous. Always try to be aware of your surroundings and be proactive about leaving before trouble begins. The hardest thing of all, is try to be humble. I struggle with these things on a daily basis, but when done well, these suggestions have helped me get through my career.

Be safe.

[DireWolf]

I am getting really sick of this crap.

Today is a "Support the Police" rally, starts at 1500 hours at Civic Center Park. https://www.facebook.com/ProPoliceRallyCO/

I know it is facebook but it is all I could find.

I had a chance last week in Dallas to speak with a bunch of officers who were in town for the funerals representing various PDs from around the country (and unexpectedly got to observe one of the funeral processions, which was impressive in scale), and let them know there are a whole lot of folks in CO who support them and truly appreciate what they do and the sacrifices made....seemed to me that they genuinely appreciated hearing that.....

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[roberth]

Listening to live broadcast - http://www.wafb.com/story/32463160/w...-officers-down

Possible stand off will one of the suspects right now, location unknown.

[Great-Kazoo]

Should this turn out to be BLM related, how can a group of people that don’t want to fear for their lives when being pulled over by the cops be stupid enough to think that killing cops will help? I can’t imagine being a cop and walking up to a car that may or may not have BLM activists inside. If only one of them makes a slightly unusual movement they will likely all be shot. I can’t believe that cops would not be instructed to draw their weapon when approaching a car with possible BLM supporters. And when I say BLM, I can’t imagine that BLM profiling isn’t going to be standard operating procedure nationwide.

Because the mantra is A LONG GUNMAN. NOT A GROUP should be held responsible.

UNLESS it's an Anglo carry an assault weapon, blah, blah, blah.

[kidicarus13]

One of the responding officers describes the suspect with an AR-15.

[Gman]

I'll just say that embracing "the thug life" can have consequences.

Initial report is that the dead perp is from Missouri.

[Skip]

I guess the noncontroversial thing I can say is I'm saddened for those officers' families.