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Posted: 12/21/2014 12:54:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Agreed. The person filming sounds shocked and concerned...could be way off but thats my gut feeling. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The fear in his voice tells it all. Agreed. The person filming sounds shocked and concerned...could be way off but thats my gut feeling.  |
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Posted: 12/21/2014 12:57:16 PM EDT
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Brooklyn BP Eric Adams asking protesters to hold off on all marches/protests until Officers Liu and Ramos are buried.
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Posted: 12/21/2014 12:57:58 PM EDT
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The anger and vitriol I have in me.... this shit is going to come to a head soon. For those that support such attacks are the lowest dregs of society. That's it... 
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Posted: 12/21/2014 12:58:54 PM EDT
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Brooklyn BP Eric Adams asking protesters to hold off on all marches/protests until Officers Liu and Ramos are buried. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5ZKr1QCAAA26Zp.jpg How nice of him.
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:01:33 PM EDT
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Reminds me of when we were boarding buses headed for Ground Zero on 9/12/2001 and a passerby told us "I wish more of you died yesterday". Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I am glad I have never had to witness such down here. I don't know if I could keep my composure. Reminds me of when we were boarding buses headed for Ground Zero on 9/12/2001 and a passerby told us "I wish more of you died yesterday".
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:01:43 PM EDT
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Brooklyn BP Eric Adams asking protesters to hold off on all marches/protests until Officers Liu and Ramos are buried. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5ZKr1QCAAA26Zp.jpg How nice of him. That won't stop the hardcore communists and their fellow travelers, though. |
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:03:34 PM EDT
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I am glad I have never had to witness such down here. I don't know if I could keep my composure. Reminds me of when we were boarding buses headed for Ground Zero on 9/12/2001 and a passerby told us "I wish more of you died yesterday". I'd fully support a 'tune-up' of said passerby.
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:04:10 PM EDT
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September 13 2007, I was just coming up to my one mark and was still wet behind the ears as a rookie....
Here is a post I did about recounting the shooting of MDPD Officer Jose Somohano... Officer Down My Recounts of the September 13th 2007 MDPD Shooting I started my day like any other day. I awoke at 0600 hours and grumbled at my alarm clock for working. I staggered over to the bathroom and turned on the shower, once I jumped in and felt the warm water hit me I truly started to wake up. While in the shower I went through the mental check list in my head for today. * Uniform is pressed and clean * Make sure that my radio and flashlight have charged batteries * Shine my boots * Make sure that I have my thermo filled with Ice and Ice Tea * Load my GLOCK 22, S&W 642 J-Frame, and Remington 870 Shotgun * Load up the truck with my duty bag and my Off Duty File * Grab my new Tablet PC and the DC/AC Inverter * Make sure that I grab my Cell Phone and car charger I stepped out of the shower and got dressed, loaded my truck, and lastly say goodbye to my little dog daisy. Today was my day off. I had a off duty detail for the South Dade Adult Center. It’s a public school for drop out kids and folks wanting to learn English and get their GEDs. Every Thursday I work it as an off duty officer. They have a contract with my department and I signed up for it. I sit in a little desk by the front door of the school and study my text books or go over the papers I need to write for my college classes. Mostly it’s a way that I can get extra money and a chance to catch up on my studies. I left the house about 0645 and saw that traffic was already backed up on the Palmetto Expressway (State Road 826), so I jumped on the South Bound Turnpike and plugged my tablet pc into my truck radio. I started Windows Media Player and played Flogging Molly, a nice little Irish Rock Band that I like listening too. I arrived at the station around 0730, I went in and I bumped into my best friend and partner. I looked at him and said "What are you doing here? Aren’t you off today?” He said yes but that he he’s covering for another officer. We parted ways and we both said to each other that "stay safe brother”. I grabbed the keys to my patrol car and I saw the Midnight Duty Sgt. First thing out of her mouth was "You’re here everyday, are you that poor? Well take care Dirk.” She calls me Dirk Diggler because when I started I had my mustache and sideburns like I was a 70’s porn star. So the name has stuck…. I loaded my patrol car, informed dispatch that I am 09-59 (In Service/Off Duty Detail) at the South Dade Adult Center, 06 Time (Transfer/End of Shift) will be 1400 hours. Dispatch repeated what I said and told me to have a good morning. I arrived at the school and I noticed that the parking lot was empty. I just remembered that today was a teacher work day because of the Jewish holiday. Still I went in and spoke with the principle; he saw me and asked what I was doing here. I informed him that I had an Off Duty Slip. He said that it was a mistake and that he’s sorry for making me come in on my day off when there is no off duty work. I said not to worry. Under department policy, I will get a four hour minimum if the off duty was not cancelled ahead of time. So I went back to my patrol car, inform dispatch that the detail was cancelled and I drove back to the station. I was planning on packing up my truck and heading home but I once again bumped into my partner and best friend. I asked him what zone he was working and if he used any black magic to cancel my off duty. He said He was working Bravo-2 and that yes, it was all part of his evil plan. So instead of me heading home I loaded up my gear in his patrol car and informed dispatch that today we’re going to be a two man unit. Of course, since I’m the newer of the two of us I drive. So I got into the driver’s seat and headed out. This was around 0830. Both of us are gun buddies and we like to talk about firearms when we’re not on a call. So of course the topic of discussion in the car was firearms. We were talking about an old Ruger Mark I pistol that he took apart back in 2001 and that he hasn’t put together since. He asked me if I can take a look at it since I play with Rugers a lot. At about 0900 we were dispatched to a 14 supplement. That’s a supplement to an earlier report. It was about two runaway teenagers. We got there, did the supplemental report and headed back to the station around 0930 to update the teletype for the runways. We got back on the road at 1000 and headed to the local McDonalds to have breakfast. While we were there we talked about normal things like the newest issue of Guns & Ammo and the reviews of the newest calibers and firearms on the market. Around 1020 we were dispatched to a 17 call, no injuries reported. Basically a regular fender bender. We arrived at the location of the traffic accident at 1045. It was on the North East Edge of town. We were coming from the South West part of town. Since it wasn’t a priority call we just drove through the normal morning traffic of South Florida. Both drivers were at the scene, it was between a Chevy pickup truck and a BMW sedan. The BMW was at fault. He didn’t yield to the right of way and he side swiped the Chevy. We were doing the paper work when at 1100 hours; dispatch comes over the air and informs us that County is working a 330 (Shooting) Call at SW 280th St & SW 143rd Ct. we thought of it as nothing. County units are always handling 330 calls. We figured it was a couple of gang bangers that fought it out and already fled the scene. But right after that dispatch came over the air again and said these words that I will never forget… "Attention all units, County reports Officer Down, repeat County report officer down… Correction, county is now reporting multiple officers down. Subject(s) might be armed with AK style rifle. All units proceed with caution.” We handed the two parties on scene their documentation back and informed them of what is happening. We gave them a business card and jumped into the patrol car. The location of the shooting was about 15 blocks north of us. While racing over to the scene, I thought to myself that I might not make it. So I prayed to God an asked for his guidance and protection. I then turned to my partner and asked him if he had his shotgun in the trunk along with mine. He didn’t answer me at all. He was already going into his mode of thought. Along the way we saw other units. Florida Wildlife Commission, Florida Highway Patrol, and of course Miami-Dade County Police. When we arrived at the scene we parked our patrol car on the east bound lane of SW 280th St & SW 143rd Ct to block incoming traffic and also to possibly prevent the shooter(s) from fleeing. We didn’t know how many subjects were on the scene. We ran to the location where the county patrol vehicles were and what we saw looked like something straight out of a battlefield. Shell casing everywhere, wounded officers screaming in pain and of course one dead officer. Fire Rescue seemed like forever for them to arrive. One of their first units on scene was their Motorcycle Para-Medics. Who was by the way a reserve officer with my department. We both went through the academy together, so at least seeing another familiar face brought some level of reassurance. We searched house to house and vehicle to vehicle. Officers of every department that I could think of were there. Shotguns, pistols, rifles, and sub machine guns were deployed. My heart was pounding at 100mphs and it was at the top of my throat. About fifteen minutes into it we learned that county units were in a chase on the north bound side of the Turnpike. That did not in anyway drop down our guard or make us stop searching. Since it was possible that there were more then one shooter. We continued the search until every last stone was turned over. Once the searching was over a Command Post was set up and by that time just about every unit in the area was there. A second command post was setup north of my location. That was where the subject’s car was found. Just about every SWAT Team was moved there. The departmental cooperation was so grand that Broward County Sheriff Office flew in their SWAT team. Federal agencies like US Marshals, FBI, Customs & Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, Drug Enforcement Agency, and others all flew in their teams. Once my area stabilized, we roped off the area as a crime scene and basically waited until more county units arrived. Crime Scene Investigators, Homicide Detectives, Command Staff Personnel, etc. My duties from there went to traffic direction, logging who comes in and out of the scene, interviewing any possible witnesses, and of course giving any moral support to my fellow officers. While doing the house to house searching, my heart was pounding. It sounded so loud that I swear I could not hear anything else. I wear leather gloves while I work because I sweat a lot in the Florida heat. It seemed like a good thing because from the nervous fear and adrenaline pumping through me I swear if I didn’t have those gloves on I wouldn’t have been able to hold onto my pistol. The thoughts that ran through my head, thoughts such as my family, my father, my friends, will I make it home tonight, will I confront the shooter, will I get into a gun battle. Those were the thoughts running through my head. I wondered what fear and hopelessness my family must be going through right now. My cell phone was ringing every second. I threw it in the car, reassuring family would have to wait I told myself. When things started to slow down I called everyone that I could think of. Family, friends, neighbors, anyone. Just to reassure them that I am okay. After that I went back to work. I tried to hold back the tears and the shakes. I had to be the strong one there at the scene. For everyone that knows me sees me as the small but strong rock. I’m only 5’4 yet everyone that I work with say that I walk and talk as if I was 7 feet tall. That when they see something they look to me for moral guidance. That was the hardest part I think. Trying to keep myself going so my friends and partners and even officers I have never met or seen can use me as a form of support. So they can lean on me, hug me and cry while In just stand there taking it all in and not showing it. In the end, I prayed to God that the killer is brought to justice and that no one else loses their lives today. When I was relived of duty that night I went home. The adrenaline pumping through me escaped my body and the fear overcame me. I cried and shook. I stayed glued to the television set and had my radio on. Listening and praying to God that the bastard is caught. I had a fresh set of BDUs and my gear ready to go incase of another shooting. This time I did not care about department SOPs. I had my rifle ready for the call out that might come. The rumor was that the killer escaped to the north end of Miami-Dade County. The area where I live at. I told myself that if that bastard is here in my own backyard that I will get him. Around 1am, the local news stations broke out in a live broadcast Miami-Dade SRT cornered found him at 305 SW 85th Ave in Pembroke Pines Florida. That the killer attempted to get into a second gun battle and that SRT took him out. Right there and then a large weight was lifted from my shoulders. I cried and screamed in joy knowing that justice was served and that my brother in blue was avenged. I went to bed around 2am, I awoke in cold sweats from nightmares that I don’t want to recall. The first night was a restless one, but in the end. The cold steady weight of my eyelids took over and I went to sleep. That was my day. That is why this shit has me pissed... that was sadly the first of many LE funerals I've attended and some were of very good friends. |
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:06:57 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:08:01 PM EDT
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While racing over to the scene, I thought to myself that I might not make it. I've been there brother, Glad you are still with us. Stay in the fight. |
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:08:26 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:09:43 PM EDT
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Brooklyn BP Eric Adams asking protesters to hold off on all marches/protests until Officers Liu and Ramos are buried. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5ZKr1QCAAA26Zp.jpg He's a fucking racist piece of shit and always has been, even when he "worked" for NYPD. |
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:10:00 PM EDT
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FWIW, I read the BBC almost every day. They can not mention the Michael Brown shooting without saying, "a white officer shot an unarmed black teen". They are constantly portraying the US as a racist country that is still beating blacks for not picking cotton fast enough. TRG They do love to stir the pot. I remember an article about Iraq that was completely unrelated to the abu ghraib prison scandal. For some reason the photo that accompanied the article was of a blindfolded Iraqi with the dog standing over him at the prison. I e-mailed them, they changed the pic and apologized but the behavior continues.
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:10:04 PM EDT
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“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand?... The Organs would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers and transport and, notwithstanding all of Stalin's thirst, the cursed machine would have ground to a halt! If...if...We didn't love freedom enough. And even more – we had no awareness of the real situation.... We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward." `Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Unfortunately, what we are seeing is a perfect storm of race based propaganda that makes people believe it is time to attack cops. I doubt many of those who feel it is time to kill cops would even be able to read the quote above, much less understand what it is actually talking about. Those on the Left feel the police system is political tool of injustice, corruption and oppression. Those on the Right feel the police system is political tool of injustice, corruption and oppression. The Media can perpetuate the propaganda because it keeps people from seeing the Socialist agenda that is the actual underlying problem. Neither the Left nor the Right has any real experience with actual tyranny or police oppression/corruption, however. It is similar to the adage about the man with no shoes shoes complaining until he saw the man with no feet. TRG Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The anger and vitriol I have in me.... this shit is going to come to a head soon. For those that support such attacks are the lowest dregs of society. That's it...
I am sorry to tell you that IMHO there are MILLIONS of Americans who are happy those two innocent cops were murdered. They are in line with many of our political leaders also I am afraid to say. “And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand?... The Organs would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers and transport and, notwithstanding all of Stalin's thirst, the cursed machine would have ground to a halt! If...if...We didn't love freedom enough. And even more – we had no awareness of the real situation.... We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward." `Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Unfortunately, what we are seeing is a perfect storm of race based propaganda that makes people believe it is time to attack cops. I doubt many of those who feel it is time to kill cops would even be able to read the quote above, much less understand what it is actually talking about. Those on the Left feel the police system is political tool of injustice, corruption and oppression. Those on the Right feel the police system is political tool of injustice, corruption and oppression. The Media can perpetuate the propaganda because it keeps people from seeing the Socialist agenda that is the actual underlying problem. Neither the Left nor the Right has any real experience with actual tyranny or police oppression/corruption, however. It is similar to the adage about the man with no shoes shoes complaining until he saw the man with no feet. TRG Well said. |
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:10:34 PM EDT
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Chilling words Red Goat..........CHILLING WORDS.  Yeah, but I'm the asshole here, remember?
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:10:40 PM EDT
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NAACP Blames Guns, Not Anti-Cop Protests, For Murdered Police Officers "These two killings…like so many other unfortunate incidences of gun violence, provide a stark example of the need for sensible gun control measures,” the statement continued. "While some may suggest a causal link between these killings and the recent protests and activism focused on the serious issue of police violence against unarmed African Americans, we caution against escalating an already tense national state through rumor and conjecture,” the statement from the NAACP’s legal arm claimed. |
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:11:18 PM EDT
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Chilling words Red Goat..........CHILLING WORDS. Yeah, but I'm the asshole here, remember?
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:11:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I've been there brother, Glad you are still with us. Stay in the fight. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: While racing over to the scene, I thought to myself that I might not make it. I've been there brother, Glad you are still with us. Stay in the fight. |
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:14:47 PM EDT
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RIP Officers Liu and Ramos. May our brotherhood protect and watch over your family as your watch has came to an end. any word on a fund for the families? Not necessarily. I carry my own life insurance through USAA. If I get killed on duty, my survivors get a years pay, just under 50K and a small death benefit, about 3K. https://www.psob.gov/benefits_by_year.html# Looks like $330k from the feds alone. I feel so much better about getting blown away now. <Sorry, my dark humor tank is just about filled up> |
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:16:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: NAACP Blames Guns, Not Anti-Cop Protests, For Murdered Police Officers "These two killings…like so many other unfortunate incidences of gun violence, provide a stark example of the need for sensible gun control measures,” the statement continued. "While some may suggest a causal link between these killings and the recent protests and activism focused on the serious issue of police violence against unarmed African Americans, we caution against escalating an already tense national state through rumor and conjecture,” the statement from the NAACP’s legal arm claimed. In other words, "Please take Whitey's guns away before we shoot more racist cops". |
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:16:11 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:16:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: NAACP Blames Guns, Not Anti-Cop Protests, For Murdered Police Officers "These two killings…like so many other unfortunate incidences of gun violence, provide a stark example of the need for sensible gun control measures,” the statement continued. "While some may suggest a causal link between these killings and the recent protests and activism focused on the serious issue of police violence against unarmed African Americans, we caution against escalating an already tense national state through rumor and conjecture,” the statement from the NAACP’s legal arm claimed.  |
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:17:51 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:18:30 PM EDT
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Quoted: I just got done reading the last thread. Anyone shit all over this one yet?  Link please? |
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:18:57 PM EDT
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NAACP Blames Guns, Not Anti-Cop Protests, For Murdered Police Officers http://dailycaller.com/2014/12/21/naacp-blames-guns-not-anti-cop-protests-for-murdered-police-officers/ "These two killings…like so many other unfortunate incidences of gun violence, provide a stark example of the need for sensible gun control measures,” the statement continued. "While some may suggest a causal link between these killings and the recent protests and activism focused on the serious issue of police violence against unarmed African Americans, we caution against escalating an already tense national state through rumor and conjecture,” the statement from the NAACP’s legal arm claimed. Shorter: "We can blame cops and whitey for anything and everything and get people riled up, but don't call us out for our bullshit, you racist motherfuckers." |
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:19:14 PM EDT
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September 13 2007, I was just coming up to my one mark and was still wet behind the ears as a rookie.... Here is a post I did about recounting the shooting of MDPD Officer Jose Somohano... Officer Down My Recounts of the September 13th 2007 MDPD Shooting I started my day like any other day. I awoke at 0600 hours and grumbled at my alarm clock for working. I staggered over to the bathroom and turned on the shower, once I jumped in and felt the warm water hit me I truly started to wake up. While in the shower I went through the mental check list in my head for today. * Uniform is pressed and clean * Make sure that my radio and flashlight have charged batteries * Shine my boots * Make sure that I have my thermo filled with Ice and Ice Tea * Load my GLOCK 22, S&W 642 J-Frame, and Remington 870 Shotgun * Load up the truck with my duty bag and my Off Duty File * Grab my new Tablet PC and the DC/AC Inverter * Make sure that I grab my Cell Phone and car charger I stepped out of the shower and got dressed, loaded my truck, and lastly say goodbye to my little dog daisy. Today was my day off. I had a off duty detail for the South Dade Adult Center. It’s a public school for drop out kids and folks wanting to learn English and get their GEDs. Every Thursday I work it as an off duty officer. They have a contract with my department and I signed up for it. I sit in a little desk by the front door of the school and study my text books or go over the papers I need to write for my college classes. Mostly it’s a way that I can get extra money and a chance to catch up on my studies. I left the house about 0645 and saw that traffic was already backed up on the Palmetto Expressway (State Road 826), so I jumped on the South Bound Turnpike and plugged my tablet pc into my truck radio. I started Windows Media Player and played Flogging Molly, a nice little Irish Rock Band that I like listening too. I arrived at the station around 0730, I went in and I bumped into my best friend and partner. I looked at him and said "What are you doing here? Aren’t you off today?” He said yes but that he he’s covering for another officer. We parted ways and we both said to each other that "stay safe brother”. I grabbed the keys to my patrol car and I saw the Midnight Duty Sgt. First thing out of her mouth was "You’re here everyday, are you that poor? Well take care Dirk.” She calls me Dirk Diggler because when I started I had my mustache and sideburns like I was a 70’s porn star. So the name has stuck…. I loaded my patrol car, informed dispatch that I am 09-59 (In Service/Off Duty Detail) at the South Dade Adult Center, 06 Time (Transfer/End of Shift) will be 1400 hours. Dispatch repeated what I said and told me to have a good morning. I arrived at the school and I noticed that the parking lot was empty. I just remembered that today was a teacher work day because of the Jewish holiday. Still I went in and spoke with the principle; he saw me and asked what I was doing here. I informed him that I had an Off Duty Slip. He said that it was a mistake and that he’s sorry for making me come in on my day off when there is no off duty work. I said not to worry. Under department policy, I will get a four hour minimum if the off duty was not cancelled ahead of time. So I went back to my patrol car, inform dispatch that the detail was cancelled and I drove back to the station. I was planning on packing up my truck and heading home but I once again bumped into my partner and best friend. I asked him what zone he was working and if he used any black magic to cancel my off duty. He said He was working Bravo-2 and that yes, it was all part of his evil plan. So instead of me heading home I loaded up my gear in his patrol car and informed dispatch that today we’re going to be a two man unit. Of course, since I’m the newer of the two of us I drive. So I got into the driver’s seat and headed out. This was around 0830. Both of us are gun buddies and we like to talk about firearms when we’re not on a call. So of course the topic of discussion in the car was firearms. We were talking about an old Ruger Mark I pistol that he took apart back in 2001 and that he hasn’t put together since. He asked me if I can take a look at it since I play with Rugers a lot. At about 0900 we were dispatched to a 14 supplement. That’s a supplement to an earlier report. It was about two runaway teenagers. We got there, did the supplemental report and headed back to the station around 0930 to update the teletype for the runways. We got back on the road at 1000 and headed to the local McDonalds to have breakfast. While we were there we talked about normal things like the newest issue of Guns & Ammo and the reviews of the newest calibers and firearms on the market. Around 1020 we were dispatched to a 17 call, no injuries reported. Basically a regular fender bender. We arrived at the location of the traffic accident at 1045. It was on the North East Edge of town. We were coming from the South West part of town. Since it wasn’t a priority call we just drove through the normal morning traffic of South Florida. Both drivers were at the scene, it was between a Chevy pickup truck and a BMW sedan. The BMW was at fault. He didn’t yield to the right of way and he side swiped the Chevy. We were doing the paper work when at 1100 hours; dispatch comes over the air and informs us that County is working a 330 (Shooting) Call at SW 280th St & SW 143rd Ct. we thought of it as nothing. County units are always handling 330 calls. We figured it was a couple of gang bangers that fought it out and already fled the scene. But right after that dispatch came over the air again and said these words that I will never forget… "Attention all units, County reports Officer Down, repeat County report officer down… Correction, county is now reporting multiple officers down. Subject(s) might be armed with AK style rifle. All units proceed with caution.” We handed the two parties on scene their documentation back and informed them of what is happening. We gave them a business card and jumped into the patrol car. The location of the shooting was about 15 blocks north of us. While racing over to the scene, I thought to myself that I might not make it. So I prayed to God an asked for his guidance and protection. I then turned to my partner and asked him if he had his shotgun in the trunk along with mine. He didn’t answer me at all. He was already going into his mode of thought. Along the way we saw other units. Florida Wildlife Commission, Florida Highway Patrol, and of course Miami-Dade County Police. When we arrived at the scene we parked our patrol car on the east bound lane of SW 280th St & SW 143rd Ct to block incoming traffic and also to possibly prevent the shooter(s) from fleeing. We didn’t know how many subjects were on the scene. We ran to the location where the county patrol vehicles were and what we saw looked like something straight out of a battlefield. Shell casing everywhere, wounded officers screaming in pain and of course one dead officer. Fire Rescue seemed like forever for them to arrive. One of their first units on scene was their Motorcycle Para-Medics. Who was by the way a reserve officer with my department. We both went through the academy together, so at least seeing another familiar face brought some level of reassurance. We searched house to house and vehicle to vehicle. Officers of every department that I could think of were there. Shotguns, pistols, rifles, and sub machine guns were deployed. My heart was pounding at 100mphs and it was at the top of my throat. About fifteen minutes into it we learned that county units were in a chase on the north bound side of the Turnpike. That did not in anyway drop down our guard or make us stop searching. Since it was possible that there were more then one shooter. We continued the search until every last stone was turned over. Once the searching was over a Command Post was set up and by that time just about every unit in the area was there. A second command post was setup north of my location. That was where the subject’s car was found. Just about every SWAT Team was moved there. The departmental cooperation was so grand that Broward County Sheriff Office flew in their SWAT team. Federal agencies like US Marshals, FBI, Customs & Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, Drug Enforcement Agency, and others all flew in their teams. Once my area stabilized, we roped off the area as a crime scene and basically waited until more county units arrived. Crime Scene Investigators, Homicide Detectives, Command Staff Personnel, etc. My duties from there went to traffic direction, logging who comes in and out of the scene, interviewing any possible witnesses, and of course giving any moral support to my fellow officers. While doing the house to house searching, my heart was pounding. It sounded so loud that I swear I could not hear anything else. I wear leather gloves while I work because I sweat a lot in the Florida heat. It seemed like a good thing because from the nervous fear and adrenaline pumping through me I swear if I didn’t have those gloves on I wouldn’t have been able to hold onto my pistol. The thoughts that ran through my head, thoughts such as my family, my father, my friends, will I make it home tonight, will I confront the shooter, will I get into a gun battle. Those were the thoughts running through my head. I wondered what fear and hopelessness my family must be going through right now. My cell phone was ringing every second. I threw it in the car, reassuring family would have to wait I told myself. When things started to slow down I called everyone that I could think of. Family, friends, neighbors, anyone. Just to reassure them that I am okay. After that I went back to work. I tried to hold back the tears and the shakes. I had to be the strong one there at the scene. For everyone that knows me sees me as the small but strong rock. I’m only 5’4 yet everyone that I work with say that I walk and talk as if I was 7 feet tall. That when they see something they look to me for moral guidance. That was the hardest part I think. Trying to keep myself going so my friends and partners and even officers I have never met or seen can use me as a form of support. So they can lean on me, hug me and cry while In just stand there taking it all in and not showing it. In the end, I prayed to God that the killer is brought to justice and that no one else loses their lives today. When I was relived of duty that night I went home. The adrenaline pumping through me escaped my body and the fear overcame me. I cried and shook. I stayed glued to the television set and had my radio on. Listening and praying to God that the bastard is caught. I had a fresh set of BDUs and my gear ready to go incase of another shooting. This time I did not care about department SOPs. I had my rifle ready for the call out that might come. The rumor was that the killer escaped to the north end of Miami-Dade County. The area where I live at. I told myself that if that bastard is here in my own backyard that I will get him. Around 1am, the local news stations broke out in a live broadcast Miami-Dade SRT cornered found him at 305 SW 85th Ave in Pembroke Pines Florida. That the killer attempted to get into a second gun battle and that SRT took him out. Right there and then a large weight was lifted from my shoulders. I cried and screamed in joy knowing that justice was served and that my brother in blue was avenged. I went to bed around 2am, I awoke in cold sweats from nightmares that I don’t want to recall. The first night was a restless one, but in the end. The cold steady weight of my eyelids took over and I went to sleep. That was my day. That is why this shit has me pissed... that was sadly the first of many LE funerals I've attended and some were of very good friends. 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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:19:26 PM EDT
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If the two cops were murdered because the killer was black and this was some sort of revenge then the kill ought to be charged with both terrorism and a race crime.
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:19:30 PM EDT
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Fuck be upon any who cheer the murder of these officers.
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:20:05 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:21:11 PM EDT
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Heartbreaking: Jaden Ramos (pictured left in 2012) is the son of slain
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If the two cops were murdered because the killer was black and this was some sort of revenge then the kill ought to be charged with both terrorism and a race crime. And if so this needs to be laid upon the race baiters Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. If only...... I agree though. |
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Heartbreaking: Jaden Ramos (pictured left in 2012) is the son of slain Brooklyn cop Rafael Ramos (right). 'Everyone says they hate cops but they are the people that they call for help,' Jaden wrote on Facebook. 'I will always love you and I will never forget you. RIP Dad'[div style='overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;'] Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2882582/This-worst-day-life-Heartbreaking-Facebook-post-13-year-old-Jaden-Ramos-told-cop-father-shot-dead-wouldn-t-coming-home.html#ixzz3MYPGKcyK http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/12/21/2432B6B500000578-0-Father_figure_Ramos_poses_with_his_wife_s_son_in_2012_when_he_st-m-1_1419170683614.jpg
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Heartbreaking: Jaden Ramos (pictured left in 2012) is the son of slain Brooklyn cop Rafael Ramos (right). 'Everyone says they hate cops but they are the people that they call for help,' Jaden wrote on Facebook. 'I will always love you and I will never forget you. RIP Dad'[div style='overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;'] Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2882582/This-worst-day-life-Heartbreaking-Facebook-post-13-year-old-Jaden-Ramos-told-cop-father-shot-dead-wouldn-t-coming-home.html#ixzz3MYPGKcyK http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/12/21/2432B6B500000578-0-Father_figure_Ramos_poses_with_his_wife_s_son_in_2012_when_he_st-m-1_1419170683614.jpg
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Chilling words Red Goat..........CHILLING WORDS. Yeah, but I'm the asshole here, remember?
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:26:09 PM EDT
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It’s hard to believe people would cheer the murder of two cops, but stubborn crime in the projects makes people think the police don’t care. The Police might care more if you didn't kill them ..............retards.
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:26:52 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:29:30 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:31:10 PM EDT
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Shorter: "We can blame cops and whitey for anything and everything and get people riled up, but don't call us out for our bullshit, you racist motherfuckers." Quote HistoryQuoted:
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NAACP Blames Guns, Not Anti-Cop Protests, For Murdered Police Officers http://dailycaller.com/2014/12/21/naacp-blames-guns-not-anti-cop-protests-for-murdered-police-officers/ "These two killings…like so many other unfortunate incidences of gun violence, provide a stark example of the need for sensible gun control measures,” the statement continued. "While some may suggest a causal link between these killings and the recent protests and activism focused on the serious issue of police violence against unarmed African Americans, we caution against escalating an already tense national state through rumor and conjecture,” the statement from the NAACP’s legal arm claimed. Shorter: "We can blame cops and whitey for anything and everything and get people riled up, but don't call us out for our bullshit, you racist motherfuckers." YouTube. Rucka Rucka Ali "What does the black say?" Go. TRG |
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:37:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: NAACP Blames Guns, Not Anti-Cop Protests, For Murdered Police Officers "These two killings…like so many other unfortunate incidences of gun violence, provide a stark example of the need for sensible gun control measures,” the statement continued. "While some may suggest a causal link between these killings and the recent protests and activism focused on the serious issue of police violence against unarmed African Americans, we caution against escalating an already tense national state through rumor and conjecture,” the statement from the NAACP’s legal arm claimed. Fuck. You. |
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:37:34 PM EDT
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I am of the belief that body cameras..........if I step outside my brain and not get emotional..............might help weed out the bullshit but I am TELLING YOU that the deniers of ANY side will question the validity of the videos and conclude they were tampered with. I agree. Seconded. When you have black eye-witnesses telling the Grand Jury that Michael Brown was in a head down charge at the cop, and NOT standing with his hands up saying, "Don't shoot" and the result is Sharpton and Holder telling us the Grand Jury system needs to be changed, it telsl you everything you need to know about the agenda. These same race-baiters would insist the cameras were lying. They would also use the cameras to show that the police targeted only minorities. They willalso insist the cameras were purchased from minority owned businesses and point to the need for more investment in minority owned video camera manufacturers. TRG |
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:37:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOut of everything in this thread, and the last, that picture is the one that did it.
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:39:06 PM EDT
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If the two cops were murdered because the killer was black and this was some sort of revenge then the kill ought to be charged with both terrorism and a race crime. And if so this needs to be laid upon the race baiters Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. +1...strongly agree. Also, who got banned last night besides MR_GOAT? And who got time-outs? |
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When you have black eye-witnesses telling the Grand Jury that Michael Brown was in a head down charge at the cop, and NOT standing with his hands up saying, "Don't shoot" and the result is Sharpton and Holder telling us the Grand Jury system needs to be changed, it telsl you everything you need to know about the agenda. These same race-baiters would insist the cameras were lying. They would also use the cameras to show that the police targeted only minorities. They willalso insist the cameras were purchased from minority owned businesses and point to the need for more investment in minority owned video camera manufacturers. TRG Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:43:38 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:46:00 PM EDT
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http://dailycaller.com/2014/12/21/naacp-blames-guns-not-anti-cop-protests-for-murdered-police-officers/ "These two killings…like so many other unfortunate incidences of gun violence, provide a stark example of the need for sensible gun control measures,” the statement continued. "While some may suggest a causal link between these killings and the recent protests and activism focused on the serious issue of police violence against unarmed African Americans, we caution against escalating an already tense national state through rumor and conjecture,” the statement from the NAACP’s legal arm claimed. In other words, "Please take Whitey's guns away before we shoot more racist cops".
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NAACP Blames Guns, Not Anti-Cop Protests, For Murdered Police Officers http://dailycaller.com/2014/12/21/naacp-blames-guns-not-anti-cop-protests-for-murdered-police-officers/ "These two killings…like so many other unfortunate incidences of gun violence, provide a stark example of the need for sensible gun control measures,” the statement continued. "While some may suggest a causal link between these killings and the recent protests and activism focused on the serious issue of police violence against unarmed African Americans, we caution against escalating an already tense national state through rumor and conjecture,” the statement from the NAACP’s legal arm claimed. In other words, "Please take Whitey's guns away before we shoot more racist cops".
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