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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / May 2005OT: Tribute to Those Who Serve & Protect Us
As previously stated, I live in downtown MileHigh, where the last of hundreds of police cars just pulled away from my street below (their staging area), lights flashing, including all the unmarked cars....following Detective Young's funeral procession to the cemetery. One block away, his funeral Mass was held, which I watched on streaming cable video (I'm not Catholic but it was impressive and uplifting). He was gunned down from behind while working offduty @ a christening in one of the 'burbs here. Would like to request a moment of thought and meatloaf meditations for police in whatever place you live to work safely to protect us all from harm....and to find Det. Young's killer, who is still @ large. That is what people should remember when police are cursed, they are usually trying to keep the world safe for us, and it is a hard job, and they are often abused, of course there are some bad ones but there are good and bad in all walks of life, and I like to believe that the majority in life = good. Jean.P. > As previously stated, I live in downtown MileHigh, where the last of > hundreds of police cars just pulled away from my street [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > to protect us all from harm....and to find Det. Young's killer, who is still > @ large. they just showed a piece on the funeral on the Morning CBS show. Very Very sad :( > That is what people should remember when police are cursed, > they are usually trying to keep the world safe for us, and it is a [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > still >> @ large. > they just showed a piece on the funeral on the Morning CBS show. Very > Very sad :( This commentary is going to bite me in the arse but here goes anyway. I agree they are here to protect us. However, it's their job. It's what they signed up for. Unfortunately, when they're out chasing bad guys it's entirely possible they will be killed. What bugs me is these televised funeral processions with every squad car lined up, lights flashing. Who is out there protecting us when all that is going on? Other victims of violent crime don't get the same consideration. As I said, it's their job. Even though this guy was off duty, if he'd been just another Joe who was gunned down he wouldn't have gotten this treatment. Sorry, but this bugs me and always has. Still, of course, purrs for his family and that the killer will be apprehended. Jill >> That is what people should remember when police are cursed, >> they are usually trying to keep the world safe for us, and it is a [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >>> to protect us all from harm....and to find Det. Young's killer, who >>> is still @ large. Heh....well, here's a tiny "nibble" @ your arse, Jill...Young was shot in back, fatally, and so was his working partner who had a b.p.vest on and survived....now I think anyone except maybe these pervert child-assaulter sex crooks (so prevelant in my home state, FL these days) would deserve the chance to defend himself upon attack of any kind. Young & partner were not "chasing bad guys" but were simply "door security" (gangs are rampant in the area of the crime) @ a baby's christening. Pissed-off illegal alien male shot them from behind because he was not allowed back inside earlier (it never said this but I would think lots of the guests were stinking drunk - apologies to those whose religions have "christenings")! Also, I am no big fan of cops in general but as to who was on the job while all those cars cruised in formation to the gravesite.....below my window (remember I'm 2 blocks from that gold-domed capitol bldg. right downtown) I could see cops directing traffic for several blocks around my apt. as the streets were blocked off. I opened my windows facing them and turned up the streaming video full blast on my pricey gamer speakers so the working cops could at least hear the songs (some chick w/a gorgeous voice who kinda looked like Alanis M. sang solo) from funeral. It was just an accident that family's Cath. church is a block from me. Minor annoyance: I had to get up @ 6am and move my vehicle from in front of here as our block was the "line-up" area. The reason you saw so many cars on tv was that this state is not heavily populated...Denver itself, minus its 'burbs, has only just over 500 thousand people. My hometown, Miami, is over 3 million now. All precincts in state here sent cops to funeral to show support/sympathy...you'd never see that going on in FL! Yes, it *is* their job. But I, for one, would not do their job for a million $ a minute...........but you are correct about "one of their own" consideration vs. average citizen victim. Whoa...I'd sure like to have hundreds of cop cars cruising behind *my* hearse.....but it ain't gonna happen, even if I were hacked up by an axe murderer in public view. BTW, Jill....recent speculation: do YOU think Elvis is still alive and that isn't him in the famous grave in your town? >> they just showed a piece on the funeral on the Morning CBS show. Very >> Very sad :( [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] >>>> to protect us all from harm....and to find Det. Young's killer, who >>>> is still @ large. > Heh....well, here's a tiny "nibble" @ your arse, Jill...Young > was shot in back, fatally, and so was his working partner > who had a b.p.vest on and survived Young & partner were not "chasing bad guys" but were simply > "door security" (gangs are rampant in the area of the crime) @ a > baby's christening. Yep, I noted he wasn't on duty at the time. > Also, I am no big fan of cops in general but as to who was on the job > while all those cars cruised in formation to the [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > in state here sent cops to funeral to show support/sympathy...you'd > never see that going on in FL! Happens in Memphis all the time. Population about 1/2 million. > Yes, it *is* their job. But I, for one, would not do their job > for a million $ a minute Me neither. ...........but you are correct about > "one of their own" consideration vs. average citizen victim. > Whoa...I'd sure like to have hundreds of cop cars cruising > behind *my* hearse.....but it ain't gonna happen, even if > I were hacked up by an axe murderer in public view. My point exactly. > BTW, Jill....recent speculation: do YOU think Elvis is still alive > and that isn't him in the famous grave in your town? LOL I can assure you, he's dead. A mutual friend of my older brother and I is a nurse. She was working the ER when Elvis was brought into Methodist hospital and pronounced DOA. As a side note, she also told us someone stole the sheets off the gurney he was lying on. Why? You can't exactly brag to anyone you have them, now, can you? You'd look like a ghoul, a nut, or both. But then, we are talking about Elvis fans... LOL Did you know he was actually buried twice? They first interred him at Memorial Park Cemetary but someone tried to break into the crypt and steal his body. That's when they got special permission from the city to bury him at Graceland. Jill ROFL I never knew someone tried to steal Elvis' body out of his crypt where he was interred the first time! If they'd go for a dead body they would surely steal his deathbed sheets.....to sell maybe (urgh). >> Heh....well, here's a tiny "nibble" @ your arse, Jill...Young >> was shot in back, fatally, and so was his working partner [quoted text clipped - 59 lines] > > Jill > ROFL I never knew someone tried to steal Elvis' body out of his crypt > where he was interred the first time! Oh yeah, I still have the newspaper from his first funeral. If > they'd go for a dead body they would surely steal his deathbed > sheets.....to sell maybe (urgh). Haven't seen them pop up on eBay. I suspect whoever this person is keeps them in a sealed box and gloats over them at night, like Gollum with his "Precious". Heheh. The nuts, er, I mean fans, who swarm Memphis on the anniversary of his birthday and the day he died are odd, to say the least. Jill >>> Heh....well, here's a tiny "nibble" @ your arse, Jill...Young >>> was shot in back, fatally, and so was his working partner [quoted text clipped - 59 lines] >> >> Jill ROFL - I can picture the "Gollum" chortling over his "Precious" deathbed sheets! >> ROFL I never knew someone tried to steal Elvis' body out of his crypt >> where he was interred the first time! [quoted text clipped - 77 lines] >>> >>> Jill >> Heh....well, here's a tiny "nibble" @ your arse, Jill...Young >> was shot in back, fatally, and so was his working partner [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] > look like a ghoul, a nut, or both. But then, we are talking about > Elvis fans... LOL You don't watch the George Lopez show, perchance? They are playing 'host' to their 16yo daughter's boyfriend while his wealthy parents are supposedly in Europe. He's trying to get a football scholarship. George made him promise that if he got famous, he would autograph a couple pairs of his underwear..... > Did you know he was actually buried twice? They first interred him at > Memorial Park Cemetary but someone tried to break into the crypt and > steal his body. That's when they got special permission from the > city to bury him at Graceland. That's Sick. Sicker tha  SignatureThe ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep n that stupid !@%$$% who put her husband's friend's finger in her bowl of chili at that Wendy's in CA. BTW, I hope Wendy's, and every employee that was layed of due to that incident, sue her for hardship. She has a history of sueing large companies to extort $ for various nonsense. She must not be too bright...IOW a few fries short of a Happy Meal.....LOL >>> Heh....well, here's a tiny "nibble" @ your arse, Jill...Young >>> was shot in back, fatally, and so was his working partner [quoted text clipped - 62 lines] > > That's Sick. Sicker tha > You don't watch the George Lopez show, perchance? They are playing > 'host' to their 16yo daughter's boyfriend while his wealthy parents > are supposedly in Europe. He's trying to get a football scholarship. > George made him promise that if he got famous, he would autograph a > couple pairs of his underwear..... Sorry, I don't even know who George Lopez is :) Must be on a Cable channel. Jill >> You don't watch the George Lopez show, perchance? They are playing >> 'host' to their 16yo daughter's boyfriend while his wealthy parents [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Jill Nope - Broadcast - ABC. He's a commedian. Kind of funny show. http://www.georgelopez.com/ Theme song for the show is the ol' song, "Low Rider", and not a redone version either, thr original!!!! Heh....well, here's a tiny "nibble" @ your arse, Jill...Young was shot in back, fatally, and so was his working partner who had a b.p.vest on and survived....now I think anyone except maybe these pervert child-assaulter sex crooks (so prevelant in my home state, FL these days) would deserve the chance to defend himself upon attack of any kind. Young & partner were not "chasing bad guys" but were simply "door security" (gangs are rampant in the area of the crime) @ a baby's christening. Pissed-off illegal alien male shot them from behind because he was not allowed back inside earlier (it never said this but I would think lots of the guests were stinking drunk - apologies to those whose religions have "christenings")! Also, I am no big fan of cops in general but as to who was on the job while all those cars cruised in formation to the gravesite.....below my window (remember I'm 2 blocks from that gold-domed capitol bldg. right downtown) I could see cops directing traffic for several blocks around my apt. as the streets were blocked off. I opened my windows facing them and turned up the streaming video full blast on my pricey gamer speakers so the working cops could at least hear the songs (some chick w/a gorgeous voice who kinda looked like Alanis M. sang solo) from funeral. It was just an accident that family's Cath. church is a block from me. Minor annoyance: I had to get up @ 6am and move my vehicle from in front of here as our block was the "line-up" area. The reason you saw so many cars on tv was that this state is not heavily populated...Denver itself, minus its 'burbs, has only just over 500 thousand people. My hometown, Miami, is over 3 million now. All precincts in state here sent cops to funeral to show support/sympathy...you'd never see that going on in FL! Yes, it *is* their job. But I, for one, would not do their job for a million $ a minute...........but you are correct about "one of their own" consideration vs. average citizen victim. Whoa...I'd sure like to have hundreds of cop cars cruising behind *my* hearse.....but it ain't gonna happen, even if I were hacked up by an axe murderer in public view. It is not only police where this happens. Many groups have a sense of "family" and will turn out in huge numbers to honor one of their own who has died. Also, I think there's a sense of guilt because they're relieved it wasn't them, so they go to ease that guilt. I can understand police turning out in large numbers for a police funeral a lot better than I can understand people who stand outside the courthouse to scream as Michael Jackson walks in or out, or the thousands of people who waited for hours so they could walk by a flag-draped coffin that supposedly contained the body of Ronald Reagan. Joy Maybe the R. Reagan waiters thought his casket would be open....but the Jackson screamers are as big a mystery to me as to you. I would love to see what would happen to him if the ever-present umbrella was not over his face outside. If sun is bad for skin, what would it do to plastic? "Hopitus" <hopitus@comcast.net> wrote in message news:MaadnQbmoP8AqxvfRVn-jw@comcast.com... Heh....well, here's a tiny "nibble" @ your arse, Jill...Young was shot in back, fatally, and so was his working partner who had a b.p.vest on and survived....now I think anyone except maybe these pervert child-assaulter sex crooks (so prevelant in my home state, FL these days) would deserve the chance to defend himself upon attack of any kind. Young & partner were not "chasing bad guys" but were simply "door security" (gangs are rampant in the area of the crime) @ a baby's christening. Pissed-off illegal alien male shot them from behind because he was not allowed back inside earlier (it never said this but I would think lots of the guests were stinking drunk - apologies to those whose religions have "christenings")! Also, I am no big fan of cops in general but as to who was on the job while all those cars cruised in formation to the gravesite.....below my window (remember I'm 2 blocks from that gold-domed capitol bldg. right downtown) I could see cops directing traffic for several blocks around my apt. as the streets were blocked off. I opened my windows facing them and turned up the streaming video full blast on my pricey gamer speakers so the working cops could at least hear the songs (some chick w/a gorgeous voice who kinda looked like Alanis M. sang solo) from funeral. It was just an accident that family's Cath. church is a block from me. Minor annoyance: I had to get up @ 6am and move my vehicle from in front of here as our block was the "line-up" area. The reason you saw so many cars on tv was that this state is not heavily populated...Denver itself, minus its 'burbs, has only just over 500 thousand people. My hometown, Miami, is over 3 million now. All precincts in state here sent cops to funeral to show support/sympathy...you'd never see that going on in FL! Yes, it *is* their job. But I, for one, would not do their job for a million $ a minute...........but you are correct about "one of their own" consideration vs. average citizen victim. Whoa...I'd sure like to have hundreds of cop cars cruising behind *my* hearse.....but it ain't gonna happen, even if I were hacked up by an axe murderer in public view. It is not only police where this happens. Many groups have a sense of "family" and will turn out in huge numbers to honor one of their own who has died. Also, I think there's a sense of guilt because they're relieved it wasn't them, so they go to ease that guilt. I can understand police turning out in large numbers for a police funeral a lot better than I can understand people who stand outside the courthouse to scream as Michael Jackson walks in or out, or the thousands of people who waited for hours so they could walk by a flag-draped coffin that supposedly contained the body of Ronald Reagan. Joy I suppose you've heard the story about the little boy why asked his father, "Daddy, is God a man or a woman." The father replied, "He's both, son." Next the boy said, "Daddy, is God white or black?" Again the The boy thought for a bit and then said, father replied, "He's both, son." then the boy asked, "Is God old or young?" Once more, the father answered, "He's both son." The boy was silent for a few moments. Then he said, "Daddy, is Michael Jackson God?" Joy Maybe the R. Reagan waiters thought his casket would be open....but the Jackson screamers are as big a mystery to me as to you. I would love to see what would happen to him if the ever-present umbrella was not over his face outside. If sun is bad for skin, what would it do to plastic? "Yoj" <joygaylord@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:2Owhe.4476$Y81.45@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com... "Hopitus" <hopitus@comcast.net> wrote in message news:MaadnQbmoP8AqxvfRVn-jw@comcast.com... Heh....well, here's a tiny "nibble" @ your arse, Jill...Young was shot in back, fatally, and so was his working partner who had a b.p.vest on and survived....now I think anyone except maybe these pervert child-assaulter sex crooks (so prevelant in my home state, FL these days) would deserve the chance to defend himself upon attack of any kind. Young & partner were not "chasing bad guys" but were simply "door security" (gangs are rampant in the area of the crime) @ a baby's christening. Pissed-off illegal alien male shot them from behind because he was not allowed back inside earlier (it never said this but I would think lots of the guests were stinking drunk - apologies to those whose religions have "christenings")! Also, I am no big fan of cops in general but as to who was on the job while all those cars cruised in formation to the gravesite.....below my window (remember I'm 2 blocks from that gold-domed capitol bldg. right downtown) I could see cops directing traffic for several blocks around my apt. as the streets were blocked off. I opened my windows facing them and turned up the streaming video full blast on my pricey gamer speakers so the working cops could at least hear the songs (some chick w/a gorgeous voice who kinda looked like Alanis M. sang solo) from funeral. It was just an accident that family's Cath. church is a block from me. Minor annoyance: I had to get up @ 6am and move my vehicle from in front of here as our block was the "line-up" area. The reason you saw so many cars on tv was that this state is not heavily populated...Denver itself, minus its 'burbs, has only just over 500 thousand people. My hometown, Miami, is over 3 million now. All precincts in state here sent cops to funeral to show support/sympathy...you'd never see that going on in FL! Yes, it *is* their job. But I, for one, would not do their job for a million $ a minute...........but you are correct about "one of their own" consideration vs. average citizen victim. Whoa...I'd sure like to have hundreds of cop cars cruising behind *my* hearse.....but it ain't gonna happen, even if I were hacked up by an axe murderer in public view. It is not only police where this happens. Many groups have a sense of "family" and will turn out in huge numbers to honor one of their own who has died. Also, I think there's a sense of guilt because they're relieved it wasn't them, so they go to ease that guilt. I can understand police turning out in large numbers for a police funeral a lot better than I can understand people who stand outside the courthouse to scream as Michael Jackson walks in or out, or the thousands of people who waited for hours so they could walk by a flag-draped coffin that supposedly contained the body of Ronald Reagan. Joy ROFL...no, I hadn't heard that one. Jay Leno has told some good ones lately, one-liners. I suppose you've heard the story about the little boy why asked his father, "Daddy, is God a man or a woman." The father replied, "He's both, son." Next the boy said, "Daddy, is God white or black?" Again the The boy thought for a bit and then said, father replied, "He's both, son." then the boy asked, "Is God old or young?" Once more, the father answered, "He's both son." The boy was silent for a few moments. Then he said, "Daddy, is Michael Jackson God?" Joy "Hopitus" <hopitus@comcast.net> wrote in message news:MdidnQH3KvMYOBvfRVn-jA@comcast.com... Maybe the R. Reagan waiters thought his casket would be open....but the Jackson screamers are as big a mystery to me as to you. I would love to see what would happen to him if the ever-present umbrella was not over his face outside. If sun is bad for skin, what would it do to plastic? "Yoj" <joygaylord@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:2Owhe.4476$Y81.45@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com... "Hopitus" <hopitus@comcast.net> wrote in message news:MaadnQbmoP8AqxvfRVn-jw@comcast.com... Heh....well, here's a tiny "nibble" @ your arse, Jill...Young was shot in back, fatally, and so was his working partner who had a b.p.vest on and survived....now I think anyone except maybe these pervert child-assaulter sex crooks (so prevelant in my home state, FL these days) would deserve the chance to defend himself upon attack of any kind. Young & partner were not "chasing bad guys" but were simply "door security" (gangs are rampant in the area of the crime) @ a baby's christening. Pissed-off illegal alien male shot them from behind because he was not allowed back inside earlier (it never said this but I would think lots of the guests were stinking drunk - apologies to those whose religions have "christenings")! Also, I am no big fan of cops in general but as to who was on the job while all those cars cruised in formation to the gravesite.....below my window (remember I'm 2 blocks from that gold-domed capitol bldg. right downtown) I could see cops directing traffic for several blocks around my apt. as the streets were blocked off. I opened my windows facing them and turned up the streaming video full blast on my pricey gamer speakers so the working cops could at least hear the songs (some chick w/a gorgeous voice who kinda looked like Alanis M. sang solo) from funeral. It was just an accident that family's Cath. church is a block from me. Minor annoyance: I had to get up @ 6am and move my vehicle from in front of here as our block was the "line-up" area. The reason you saw so many cars on tv was that this state is not heavily populated...Denver itself, minus its 'burbs, has only just over 500 thousand people. My hometown, Miami, is over 3 million now. All precincts in state here sent cops to funeral to show support/sympathy...you'd never see that going on in FL! Yes, it *is* their job. But I, for one, would not do their job for a million $ a minute...........but you are correct about "one of their own" consideration vs. average citizen victim. Whoa...I'd sure like to have hundreds of cop cars cruising behind *my* hearse.....but it ain't gonna happen, even if I were hacked up by an axe murderer in public view. It is not only police where this happens. Many groups have a sense of "family" and will turn out in huge numbers to honor one of their own who has died. Also, I think there's a sense of guilt because they're relieved it wasn't them, so they go to ease that guilt. I can understand police turning out in large numbers for a police funeral a lot better than I can understand people who stand outside the courthouse to scream as Michael Jackson walks in or out, or the thousands of people who waited for hours so they could walk by a flag-draped coffin that supposedly contained the body of Ronald Reagan. Joy >> they just showed a piece on the funeral on the Morning CBS show. Very >> Very sad :( [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > down he wouldn't have gotten this treatment. Sorry, but this bugs me and > always has. I like to think that the police choose to honor their own when they are killed. And that in addition to being a show of respect, it is a reminder to them to be careful and watchful. The TV coverage involved. The media wouldn't provide the coverage if it didn't draw so many viewers. National coverage seems a little overdone. But I'm just as happy they didn't have something nastier or uglier to cover. Such as disaster or war. As to all the police cars, Motorcycles etc. It seems like a lot but usually us just one or two from a lot of different jurisdictions. We did have an "interesting" incident here when they were in the midst of an officer funeral procession. Some blazing idiot decided it would be a cool time to hold up a local Seven Eleven at gunpoint. While there are some two hundred police driving by slowly outside. The place was completely circled with offices with weapons drawn when he walked out. We have more than our fair share of stupid criminals around here. They are all the time holding up places while on foot or with only a bicycle for transportation. Jo Robbers here travel in the usual CO-popular vehicle: truck or SUV (yeah, I have a light truck but it doesn't use any more gas than a car....SUV's are having serious pain @ the pumps) but where do you live that robbers escape on *bicycles*? LOL. >>> they just showed a piece on the funeral on the Morning CBS show. Very >>> Very sad :( [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > Jo > Robbers here travel in the usual CO-popular vehicle: > truck or SUV (yeah, I have a light truck but it doesn't use any more gas > than a car....SUV's are having serious pain @ the pumps) but where do you > live that robbers escape on *bicycles*? LOL. We have a "healthy" population of what once would have been called vagabonds, hobo's etc. Including a good sized helping of the mentally unstable and those addicted to various substances. For the most part they live in camps in the riverbottoms and in beat-up old buildings and flop houses. It's a long standing population. My husband's uncle rode the rails and picked peaches here in season and lived in the camps back in the early thirties. Decades before we moved here. Good climate has a lot to do with it. But its a decent walk from the river to the commercial areas so bicycles are the transportation of choice for a lot of them. They are more often the victims of crime than the perpetrators. Jo > Robbers here travel in the usual CO-popular vehicle: > truck or SUV (yeah, I have a light truck but it doesn't use any more gas > than a car....SUV's are having serious pain @ the pumps) but where do you > live that robbers escape on *bicycles*? LOL. The woman who ran the convenience store on my street said the store was held up a few times; the person was always caught. Once, the thief tried to escape on foot, and headed for and through a bar with a bad reputation. The police, of course, needed a split second to work out 'Thief on the run on X street; Bar Y on the corner of X street, which way with thief run?'; there's no honour among bar regulars, who said 'He went that-a-way'... Although we do have criminals who prepare for their getaway with a car, there seem to be a certain number of them who figure melting into the crowds (or some nearby woods) on foot is a Good Idea. Even though the local police have dogs, and of course, people tend to notice others racing down the street or through a bar. SignatureCheryl > >> they just showed a piece on the funeral on the Morning CBS show. Very > >> Very sad :( [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > all the time holding up places while on foot or with only a bicycle for > transportation. In the RPCA context, one of the less bright criminals -- bright, perhaps, only because he had a shaved head -- made a desperate call to 911 to save him from the demon in the house he was peacefully trying to burglarize. Apparently, he walked past a high shelf on which perched a resident Siamese. With all claws, hissing and screeching his battle cry, the cat made a four paw landing on the burglar's head and then got serious about clawing. Down the back. Up the back...and remember this is in darkness, other than the dropped flashlight. ROFL. >> >> they just showed a piece on the funeral on the Morning CBS show. Very >> >> Very sad :( [quoted text clipped - 53 lines] > clawing. Down the back. Up the back...and remember this is in darkness, > other than the dropped flashlight. I'm sorry Jill. I love you, but I'll never agree with you on this one. Yeah, cops lay their lives down on the line when they pin that badge on their chests. But those who die either on or off the job shouldn't have to sacrifice for the rest of us. Those cop cars at their funerals are their family and friends, just as your family and friends will be following the hearse at your funeral. Just as there will be a lot of military that I don't know following the hearse when Rob dies. By joining the army he became a member of a different and select family. Just as Cops do. Just as firemen do. Most professions have "families" that will be there for each other. In the case of police, it is more visual. Now would you rather that the man's family and friends not be allowed to go to his funeral, or honor him for being braver than most of us by becoming a policeman? That's all they were doing, showing respect for a man who gave his life to a senseless stupid piece of scum. I wish the garbage much joy in his stupidity, and then I hope they catch him, try him in a fair court of law, and if he is found guilty, I hope they make sure that he can never harm anyone else. Pam S. > I'm sorry Jill. I love you, but I'll never agree with you on this > one. Yeah, cops lay their lives down on the line when they pin that [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > becoming a policeman? That's all they were doing, showing respect > for a man who gave his life to a senseless stupid piece of scum. We can agree to disagree :) I understand the sentiments, of course. But I don't think they need to televise the funeral procession and I can tell you, my funeral will be small and private. I also think, in a city the size of NYC, it's highly doubtful all those cops knew the man who was slain. Jill > I wish the garbage much joy in his stupidity, and then I hope they > catch him, try him in a fair court of law, and if he is found guilty, > I hope they make sure that he can never harm anyone else. > > Pam S. No, Jill, I don't live in NYC (God Forbid) cop was on DPD here in MileHigh, and as I said, not that many people live in this state, not to mention cops. Young was a long-time "lifetime" cop here, great rep, leaving widow w/2 young daughters. Perhaps this overgrown CowTown has glorified him somewhat, but in NYC, as you point out, cops are probably ambushed from behind every day for all I know. >> I'm sorry Jill. I love you, but I'll never agree with you on this >> one. Yeah, cops lay their lives down on the line when they pin that [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] >> >> Pam S. Please don't forget to say a prayer for all the people who have died of "natural causes" here in the UK whilst in police custody. I agree with you completely, Jean. Incidentally, I found out today that our local police have a sense of humor. We had a street fair, and at the Police Department's booth, they were selling small stuffed pigs. Joy > That is what people should remember when police are cursed, > they are usually trying to keep the world safe for us, and it is a [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > still > > @ large. >I agree with you completely, Jean. Incidentally, I found out today that >our [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Joy Seems like forever the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department and the Sacramento City Police Department have had an annual football game. Publicized as the Pig Bowl. I'm sure other areas do the same. Jo But did you buy one? Pam S. who would have bought one > I agree with you completely, Jean. Incidentally, I found out today > that our local police have a sense of humor. We had a street fair, > and at the Police Department's booth, they were selling small stuffed > pigs. > > Joy LOL Were they wearing little police uniforms? Jill >> That is what people should remember when police are cursed, >> they are usually trying to keep the world safe for us, and it is a [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >>> to protect us all from harm....and to find Det. Young's killer, who >>> is still @ large. |
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