Saturday, March 21, 2009

3 Oakland Cops shot (and killed!)....


Doing the rounds tonight, I came across a story of these cops getting shot at. Let me find out the brothers in Oakland are up to big 'tings!

From CNN

The suspected gunman also was killed, police said. A fourth police officer remained in critical condition, police said.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said flags at the Capitol will fly at half-staff to honor the fallen officers.
"This is a tragic day for law enforcement officers everywhere," he said in a statement. "All four officers dedicated their lives to public safety and selflessly worked to protect the people of Oakland."
Police received a call around 1:15 p.m. reporting two officers down on MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan said.
A manhunt was under way for the shooter when an anonymous caller directed authorities to a building on an adjacent street where the gunman was believed to be barricaded, Jordan said.
The gunman opened fire, wounding two more officers before police returned fire, killing the suspect, Jordan said.
The four officers were taken to Highland Hospital, Officer Jeff Thomason said.
Police
said they were investigating whether others were involved in the incident, but don't believe there is another shooter.
Aerial video from the scene off East 27th Street in Oakland showed crime-scene investigators blocking off a a portion of a street, and a sidewalk smeared with pools of blood.


Law enforcement swarmed store fronts and lawns near the shooting scenes.

MORE FYAH!!!!! Show them some real POLICE BRUTALITY!

Update 1
From SF Gate

Three officers died in the attacks, and one was on life support late Saturday.

The suspect, who has not been identified, shot at the SWAT officers, who "returned fire in defense of their lives," said Officer Jeff Thomason, a department spokesman. The suspect, who police believe was acting alone, was killed.

"We've received four officers in the trauma center," said Patricia VanHook, a Highland Hospital spokeswoman, adding that no other information was available.

About 100 officers gathered outside the entrance to the hospital's emergency room, waiting desperately for information about their fallen colleagues. Some of them were wearing SWAT gear, while others were wearing baseball jerseys after having raced to the hospital from a game.

The officers' faces were grim as rumors about the fate of their fellow officers spread through the crowd.

My Thoughts go out to the brave soliers of Oakland. The police are going to want revenge!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

You are less than human.

Anonymous said...

If it's war you want, it's war you'll get...the police is one of society's defenses against thugs like you and they will win. If you're so proud of what this copkiller has done, why don't you follow him up to make a statement of your own or are you just a chickenshit pontificator, drumming up racial hatred and anti-police hysteria just so you can get your "revolutionary" kicks?

Sure does feel better being a live racist revolutionary kook thug than a dead racist revolutionary kook thug, don't it?

Kofi said...

Call me what you will. Events like these will either make these brutish, uniformed, thugs either think twice before abusing people, or go all out and do terrible things.

I agree that this, if it comes to war is damn near impossible to win, but what do you suggest to the Oscar Grants, Sean Bells, Abner Louimas and Amadou Diallos of the world whom these thugs keep murdering?

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