• Houston Sheriff Deputy executed while pumping gas
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[img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/gAQAwRq.jpg[/img_thumb] [quote][B]HARRIS COUNTY, Texas[/B] - The Harris County Sheriff's Office has announced the charging and arrest of a suspect in a fatal shooting of a sheriff's deputy. Officials said at a press conference Saturday that the shooter's name is Shannon. J Miles, 30. He has been charged with capital murder. Miles was voluntarily taken into custody as a person of interest at about 3 a.m. Saturday morning after deputies found a truck matching the description of the suspect's vehicle. Deputy Darren Goforth was shot while returning to his patrol car from a convenience store around 8:30 p.m. Friday at a Chevron gas station. [B]He was shot multiple times in the back and then shot multiple times once he was on the ground. [/B] [B]Goforth, 47, was a 10-year veteran on the force who was assigned to the West District patrol in District 5. He leaves behind a wife and two children.[/B][/quote] [quote]"As far as we know, deputy Goforth had no previous contact with the suspect and it appears at the outset to be clearly unprovoked. Our assumption is he was a target because he wore a uniform."[/quote] [quote]Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson expressed outrage over the shooting death Saturday and said it is time for the brutality to end. "It is time for the silent majority in this country to support law enforcement. There are a few bad apples in every profession. That does not mean there should be open warfare on law enforcement. The vast majority of officers are there to do the right thing, are there because they care about their community and want to make it a safer place," Anderson said. "What happened last night is an assault on the very fabric of society. It is not anything that we can tolerate. It is time to come forward and support law enforcement and condemn this atrocious act. We need to bring this killer to justice."[/quote] [url]http://www.click2houston.com/news/hcso-announces-arrest-of-shannon-miles-after-fatal-shooting-of-deputy/34983706[/url] [img]http://i.imgur.com/yWhZSbx.jpg[/img] [quote]Goforth's wife Kathleen Goforth released the following statement Saturday to KPRC 2: [i]"There are no words for this. All the language that I know is inadequate for what I want to express. But for Darren, I will try. I can't describe him with cliches and platitudes. I need to do better than that; he deserves better than that. "My husband was an incredibly intricate blend of toughness and gentility. He was loyal...fiercely so. And he was ethical; the right thing to do is what guided his internal compass. I admired this quality, perhaps the most. For that was what made Darren good. And he was good. So, if people want to know what kind of man he was...This is it. He was who you wanted for a friend, colleague, and a neighbor. "However, it was I who was blessed so richly that I had the privilege of calling him my husband and my best friend."[/i][/quote] Having multiple family members in a police force, I think it's appalling that the anti-police sentiment in this country has escalated to the point where the people that keep us safe are targeted just for wearing a uniform. They can't even get gas or help a [url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/24/us/louisiana-trooper-shot/]stranded motorist[/url] without having to fear for their lives. Absolutely disgusting. Police have families and loved ones and children, too. We need to stop treating them like they're lifeless robots out to get you.
This fucking shit is happening too often. Two Louisiana state troopers murdered this week. One of them stopped to check on a truck in a ditch and the guy in the truck got out with a shotgun and shot him in the face. For what?
This is extremely sad to see, I feel bad for the family he's going to be leaving behind.
Another reason I try to avoid Houston. That place is bad news bears.
[QUOTE=OvB;48572863]I think it's appalling that the anti-police sentiment in this country has escalated to the point where the people that keep us safe are targeted just for wearing a uniform.[/QUOTE] This is a tragedy and I don't want to undermine that but I can also see why there's so much anti-police sentiment. Constantly, people are being bombarded with stories of bad apples, crooked cops, etc and in most of these cases they get off consequence free. I don't think things are going to get better tension wise until some serious reform happen to help dispels the illusion that all cops are out to get you. That said, the proper action to take for people who feel disenfranchised is to get out and make their voices heard or other nonviolent forms of protest; not targeting and killing innocent police officers.
[QUOTE=Inspector Jones;48573037]This is a tragedy and I don't want to undermine that but I can also see why there's so much anti-police sentiment. Constantly, people are being bombarded with stories of bad apples, crooked cops, etc and in most of these cases they get off consequence free. I don't think things are going to get better tension wise until some serious reform happen to help dispels the illusion that all cops are out to get you. That said, the proper action to take for people who feel disenfranchised is to get out and make their voices heard or other nonviolent forms of protest; not targeting and killing innocent police officers.[/QUOTE] It doesn't help that media focuses almost exclusively on the negative stories. There's a lot more good that cops are doing than bad, but since cops are supposed to do good things, it's not interesting or unique enough for the news.
It's time to start squeezing these fools and reminding them we're still here and this criminal culture thug nation bullshit ain't going to fly. I'm finished sitting here and watching my brothers and sisters getting smoked. I've been to two cop funerals in six months. It needs to end, right now. [url]http://motorcopblog.com/dear-silent-majority/[/url]
It's scary to think about but there's actual promotion of this thug and black "revenge" culture by racists who both support and plan these disgusting things. The only thing that they'll contribute to is the desecration of society and a cyclical pattern where they themselves are only more discriminated against due to preservation by the police force.
Jesus Christ I hope this doesn't become more prevalent. It makes me extremely angry to see stuff like this happen.
This happened maybe a mile from my job, we were hearing sirens and helicopters all night while they were on a manhunt for this guy
[QUOTE=Keyblockor1;48573254]It's scary to think about but there's actual promotion of this thug and black "revenge" culture by racists who both support and plan these disgusting things. The only thing that they'll contribute to is the desecration of society and a cyclical pattern where they themselves are only more discriminated against due to preservation by the police force.[/QUOTE] Implying that criticism of police inspired this attack, when the police have released no details on the suspect's motivations other than an[I] assumption[/I] that it was a random attack due to his uniform, is seriously jumping the gun. The guy's recorded to have mental illness. This is a tragedy, but implying that "thug and black" revenge culture is [i]planned[/i] is absurd. This was a random shooting with unknown motivations, don't make it seem like it was a planned, organized, and supported by activists. This is shocking, and terrible for the officer and the family. Don't make it a debate about black people.
Why is it out of all the fucking causes to throw your life away for people choose to attack cops. How does some ignorant inhuman scum think that killing a cop that more often than not isn't corrupt in the slightest will change fucking anything besides devastate everyone in his friends and family. I'm so glad we'll see the likes of these people locked up for good.
[QUOTE=.Isak.;48573530]Implying that criticism of police inspired this attack, when the police have released no details on the suspect's motivations other than an[I] assumption[/I] that it was a random attack due to his uniform, is seriously jumping the gun. The guy's recorded to have mental illness. This is a tragedy, but implying that "thug and black" revenge culture is [i]planned[/i] is absurd. This was a random shooting with unknown motivations, don't make it seem like it was a planned, organized, and supported by activists. This is shocking, and terrible for the officer and the family. Don't make it a debate about black people.[/QUOTE] Yes, I'm sure he just found himself at a gas station with a cop and a loaded firearm and just by happenstance decided it was a beautiful day to execute a police officer. Of course it was planned. Holy shit, do you even listen to yourself? Every time I see you in threads like these you're taking the position of trying to justify the perp. Do you enjoy advocating cop killers and crime? That's just about what anyyone thinks about you at this point.
[QUOTE=Sonador;48573726]Yes, I'm sure he just found himself at a gas station with a cop and a loaded firearm and just by happenstance decided it was a beautiful day to execute a police officer. Of course it was planned. Holy shit, do you even listen to yourself? Every time I see you in threads like these you're taking the position of trying to justify the perp. Do you enjoy advocating cop killers and crime? That's just about what anyyone thinks about you at this point.[/QUOTE] There's no reason to assume it was planned.
[QUOTE=Sonador;48573726]Yes, I'm sure he just found himself at a gas station with a cop and a loaded firearm and just by happenstance decided it was a beautiful day to execute a police officer. Of course it was planned. Holy shit, do you even listen to yourself?[/QUOTE] Coming from a more or less unbiased opinion here, .Isak. is mostly right, it's way too early to say it was "planned out" or "supported" by "black revenge culture"; stop trying to push an agenda without all the facts.
I said nothing about any culture, reread my post. e: rather, I'm not claiming this specific incident was inspired by any revenge or hate group culture, my initial post was a blanket statement I'm getting sick of this shit and it needs to stop. People don't just impulsively execute cops at gas stations like they decide to buy candy at the checkout, whether he planned it out for a few minutes when the cop pulled up or whether he stalked the cop all shift, this is premeditated murder with malice aforethought and nothing less. Claiming anything else is ludicrous. Stop trying to push your "agenda" of making cop killers out to be good people.
Who is even saying cop killers are good people?
[QUOTE=Sonador;48573789] People don't just impulsively execute cops at gas stations like they decide to buy candy at the checkout[/QUOTE] Well we don't know but not seeing how him (weird name) just acting on impulse is impossible?
[QUOTE=Sonador;48573789]I said nothing about any culture, reread my post. e: rather, I'm not claiming this specific incident was inspired by any revenge or hate group culture, my initial post was a blanket statement I'm getting sick of this shit and it needs to stop. People don't just impulsively execute cops at gas stations like they decide to buy candy at the checkout, whether he planned it out for a few minutes when the cop pulled up or whether he stalked the cop all shift, this is premeditated murder with malice aforethought and nothing less. Claiming anything else is ludicrous. Stop trying to push your "agenda" of making cop killers out to be good people.[/QUOTE] This is pretty true. Organized criminal acts against cops seem to increase, only time will tell of what will happen next.
[QUOTE=Sonador;48573789]I said nothing about any culture, reread my post. e: rather, I'm not claiming this specific incident was inspired by any revenge or hate group culture, my initial post was a blanket statement I'm getting sick of this shit and it needs to stop. People don't just impulsively execute cops at gas stations like they decide to buy candy at the checkout, whether he planned it out for a few minutes when the cop pulled up or whether he stalked the cop all shift, this is premeditated murder with malice aforethought and nothing less. Claiming anything else is ludicrous. Stop trying to push your "agenda" of making cop killers out to be good people.[/QUOTE] Waiting for the facts does not equal supporting cop killers. Due-process and finding out the facts don't just go out the window because you get emotionally involved.
[QUOTE=Sonador;48573789]I said nothing about any culture, reread my post. e: rather, I'm not claiming this specific incident was inspired by any revenge or hate group culture, my initial post was a blanket statement I'm getting sick of this shit and it needs to stop. People don't just impulsively execute cops at gas stations like they decide to buy candy at the checkout, whether he planned it out for a few minutes when the cop pulled up or whether he stalked the cop all shift, this is premeditated murder with malice aforethought and nothing less. Claiming anything else is ludicrous. Stop trying to push your "agenda" of making cop killers out to be good people.[/QUOTE] I tried to give you the benefit of the doubt but that is one hell of a strawman you've got going there. Nobody is doing anything of the sort. You're just jumping to a conclusion. It could very well have been a premeditated attack, but it could have been some mentally defective shitball who snapped as well. You're immediately negating a possibility on an appeal to emotion. Hell, the guy could have been having a flashback and acted out some scene in his head. We don't know anything at all about what happened, so saying that it had to be premeditated is a completely baseless assumption.
Have to chime in again and say that I haven't seen anyone in this thread who is defending cop killers, only people who are trying to remain impartial to bias and emotions. While I do admit at first glance it seems pretty clear cut what happened here, that's not necessarily all there is to it. No one can say for sure what factors led to this crime and it doesn't help at all to just go with the "easy" answer, even if it turns out to be true. Wanting an examination of why this happened is not the same things as trying to defend cop killers.
I feel like the lack of responsibility on part of the police administration kinda dug these guys graves for them. I don't believe all the negative discourse regarding the American police force that ive heard over the years was totally unfounded. Still, it doesn't excuse anything. But if there had been some clear, hard and resolute action to stamp out shitty police officers, i believe this whole situation could have been avoided. Though, take what i say with the fact that i come from a totally different culture, and dont have hard concrete data do back my claim up, its just what i believe from what ive gathered in the discourse over the years.
[QUOTE=Inspector Jones;48575061]Have to chime in again and say that I haven't seen anyone in this thread who is defending cop killers, only people who are trying to remain impartial to bias and emotions. While I do admit at first glance it seems pretty clear cut what happened here, that's not necessarily all there is to it. [B]No one can say for sure what factors led to this crime and it doesn't help at all to just go with the "easy" answer, even if it turns out to be true.[/B] Wanting an examination of why this happened is not the same things as trying to defend cop killers.[/QUOTE] There aren't any factors to assess from this, dude. The guy was assassinated while filling his car up at a gas station. There are people that kill for the sake of it, and I think this is the case. The dude doesn't seem like the type to make enemies who'll eventually kill him. The article even clearly states the officer and the suspect have had no contact whatsoever. This is simply someone killing a cop because they're a cop. Nor have there been articles, at least from what I've seen, posted on FP where a cop was murdered because he was doing something bad to provoke his or her death. From what I've seen posted, most, if not all the cop slayings posted were at random. From the two cops shot in their squad car in NYC to two officers killed in Ferguson a year after the riots, none of them show that the officers provoked their death, and were picked out at random to die. Now I'm not saying there are cases where cops have been killed because they provoked it, but I haven't seen it. And until I do, I cannot rationalize with cop killers. Especially those that kill cops based off their profession.
I think its awful that cops get executed for being cops. Yes there are cops that do bad things and yes we should be outraged about that, but this man was an innocent father and family man that got murdered for nothing except the fact he wore a badge. Like I said in the OP I have family that are police, they're school police, but the uniform still looks the same from a distance. The fact that they have to worry about someone coming up behind them and murdering them because they represent a police force, or an idea that [I]might[/I] have done an injustice in a jurisdiction hundreds of miles away is absolutely disgusting.
This is part of the reason why I do and don't want to become a police officer. To stop scum people like this while at the same time, it's discouraging that now-a-days shootings are more common and it seems like hating cops and wanting to harm cops is getting more common. But really, nothing can scare me away from what I want to become.
My boyfriend wants to be a cop and I support him, but this kind of shit worries me. Off topic Your version of this avatar is so much better, and I am totally stealing it.
I knew Mr. Darren. He was a good friend of my dad's and he was devastated when I called him about this. He was a good man and we are going to miss him.
This is the reason why most of the people on my shift dont wear their uniforms to or from work. Nothing but a target when you put the uniform on. This was also the third officer killed that day and I believe the second one from the department in the last few weeks
[QUOTE=Inspector Jones;48573037]This is a tragedy and I don't want to undermine that but I can also see why there's so much anti-police sentiment. Constantly, people are being bombarded with stories of bad apples, crooked cops, etc and in most of these cases they get off consequence free. I don't think things are going to get better tension wise until some serious reform happen to help dispels the illusion that all cops are out to get you. That said, the proper action to take for people who feel disenfranchised is to get out and make their voices heard or other nonviolent forms of protest; not targeting and killing innocent police officers.[/QUOTE] I don't care. Murder is never an acceptable response. To anything. This is the same as people citing poverty rates for why blacks murder more than whites. Yeah, that would explain a higher rate of robberies and what not. But I don't give a rats ass how poor you are. Murder is on a whole other level.
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