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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBilly Evans - the officer who was killed -update
Spare a thought for his family
Good new per Joy Reid = the other officer is now in a non-life threatening condition.
spanone
(135,776 posts)malaise
(268,638 posts)Bet he has a young family
Blue Dawn
(892 posts)Rest In Peace, dear sir.
Grammy23
(5,810 posts)For 18 years. A career officer. This man did not deserve this tragic end to his life. He was a member of the First Responders Unit. Please remember this mans family and friends for his senseless death.
FelineOverlord
(3,571 posts)wendyb-NC
(3,300 posts)So sad
samnsara
(17,602 posts)Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)3auld6phart
(1,038 posts)My thoughts exactly. A kind face. Lest We Forget.
bottomofthehill
(8,317 posts)They bore the brunt on 1/6 and now this.
Tess49
(1,579 posts)GopherGal
(2,007 posts)FRU = "First Responder's Unit"
bottomofthehill
(8,317 posts)Tough job, outside in the Cold, the Hot, the Rain, the Snow, lightning, insurrection, exposed to elements, crazy people etc. Officer Sicknick was a member of the FRU also.
Tess49
(1,579 posts)bottomofthehill
(8,317 posts)Not the natural order of things.
Demovictory9
(32,417 posts)Docreed2003
(16,846 posts)Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)secondwind
(16,903 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)CaptainTruth
(6,572 posts)southerncrone
(5,506 posts)Another unnecessary loss...
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)SergeStorms
(19,131 posts)I hope there's a GoFundMe page for his family.
This guy got up and went to work this morning, probably thinking about spending the weekend with his family. Now........... this shit has to stop.
Paladin
(28,243 posts)Roc2020
(1,613 posts)condolences to his family.
ThatJustHappened
(78 posts)... unless he was MAGA
Skittles
(153,104 posts)the man died in the line of duty, I don't give a fuck WHO he voted for
MustLoveBeagles
(11,580 posts)ThatJustHappened
(78 posts)Implies much more than mere voting record
Skittles
(153,104 posts)his loved ones deserve no sympathy?
DONE HERE
Norbert
(6,038 posts)ThatJustHappened
(78 posts)a significant, well established and statistically proven, White-Supremacists-And-Nazis-Sympathizers-in-the-Police-and-Military-and-GOP problem
comprising about half the electorate
as well as at least half -- and probably the majority -- of Police and Military
and the knee-jerk reaction of immediate hero-worship of Cops and Military who are KIA is part of the problem
because they don't "Put Their Lives On The Line Every Day!"
that's just part of the fascist narrative
Cops and Military don't even make the Top 10 List of most dangerous occupations ... a far greater percentage of people are killed on Deadliest Catch ... and there's no naive/mawkish/unwarranted hero worship there
to wit, the Cop killed in the Boulder mass shooting was a Catholic/religious nut bag with 7 (i.e., 5 too many) kids, and was a 2nd Amendment freak who owned AR15s, who quit his high-tech job with Avaya 10 years ago to join the Force because he thought he had a "higher calling" from Imaginary Jebus
so before we choke up with the usual "thoughts and prayers" for dead cops -- and the family members groomed in their image -- it would be wise to find out first if they are one of these ... cuz odds are they are ...
Captain Zero
(6,777 posts)For his survivors.
If a lot of us chip in a little.
Duppers
(28,117 posts)Thanks for reminding us.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)malaise
(268,638 posts)The non-stop killing - something has to give
mzmolly
(50,978 posts)Tommymac
(7,263 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,313 posts)Just heartbreaking.
FUCK
YOU
TRUMP
You bit of slimy worm shit. You don't deserve the oxygen you breathe.
JI7
(89,237 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,558 posts)What a senseless and horrible thing for them to go through.
MustLoveBeagles
(11,580 posts)My condolences to his friends and family. The Capital Police can't seem to catch a break can they? This was the last thing they needed right now.