Latest casualty in War on Cops

[SavannahMann]

Louisiana Sheriff's Deputy Slain...

Louisiana Sheriff's Deputy Fatally Shot; Suspect in Custody
March 19, 2017 - An East Baton Rouge Sheriff's deputy was shot and killed while conducting an investigation Saturday.

An East Baton Rouge deputy has died after he was shot while conducting an investigation before midnight on Saturday night, East Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Police officials confirmed. The shooting occurred near the Classic Cuts barber shop off O'Neal Lane, according to Louisiana State Police spokesman Bryan Lee. Two deputies were conducting an investigation near the barber shop, located at 1962 O'Neal Lane, when shots were fired. A suspect also sustained injuries, according to Lee, which were being treated. The suspect's condition was not given.

The identity of the deputy won't be released at this point, EBRSO spokeswoman Casey Rayborn Hicks said. "It's a tragic night for the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office," Hicks said. " ... We're focused on working with the family, praying for the family and making sure that our deputies have the help and support that they need." Baton Rouge Police Chief Carl Dabadie and East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome were at the scene and both expressed the need to keep the deputy's family in people's thoughts and prayers. Sheriff Sid Gautreaux was with the deputy's family at the hospital, Hicks said. "My thoughts are this is certainly a tragedy for our community," Weston Broome said. "Our thoughts, our prayers, our condolences go out to the sheriff's deputy and his family."

Said Dabadie: "I think we are a very praying community and I think that thoughts and prayers are needed here and we come together just like we always do and always have. There's no doubt we won't here, also." The deputy was transported from Ochsner Medical Center after 2 a.m. with a procession of law enforcement vehicles. A large area near the AMC movie theater remained roped off in crime scene tape as police continued to investigate. Hicks said Louisiana State Police would be conducting the investigation.

Louisiana Sheriff's Deputy Fatally Shot; Suspect in Custody

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Slain Louisiana Deputy Was 'The Epitome of a Public Servant'
March 20, 2017 - East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Sgt. Shawn Thomas Anderson was fatally shot Saturday night at a hair salon while trying to question a rape suspect.

A veteran East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff's deputy who served high-risk warrants and earned accolades in his career became the fourth law enforcement officer to die here in the line of duty over the last eight months after he was fatally shot Saturday night at a strip-mall hair salon while trying to question a rape suspect, officials said. Sgt. Shawn Thomas Anderson, 43, a father of two and an East Baton Rouge Parish deputy for 18 years, died after being rushed to nearby Ochsner Medical Center. Anderson and another deputy struggled with the rape suspect inside Classic Cuts, a storefront hair salon on O'Neal Lane, about 11 p.m., said Casey Rayborn Hicks, a Sheriff's Office spokeswoman. Hicks said during the struggle "shots were fired," and the deputy was wounded.

The rape suspect, who hasn't been identified by law enforcement, was also shot during the struggle, Hicks said. He remained hospitalized Sunday evening. No other details of the shooting were provided by State Police, who took over the investigation. Anderson was a decorated officer who, a year ago Sunday, earned accolades and local media attention after he helped a woman deliver her baby on Tiger Bend Road. “Our hearts are broken as we grieve for one of our brothers,” Sheriff Sid Gautreaux said in a statement. “We ask for your continued prayers and support during this difficult time as we mourn the loss and honor the memory of Sgt. Shawn Anderson.”

A State Police trooper guarded the scene Sunday morning as a few patrons of a nearby daiquiri shop in the same strip mall as the hair salon showed up to find out when authorities would let them get their vehicles, which were trapped behind the police tape put up the night before. Even as a parking lot for the next-door AMC Theater began to fill up for Sunday matinees, a few people were starting to leave flowers and other remembrances for the deputy on a brick planter in front of the salon. At Classic Cuts, a bullet hole was visible Sunday morning just under a decal saying "Cuts &" in one of the salon's large glass windows facing the mall and movie parking lots.

Lilnetta Roach, the owner of the hair salon, said she had few details about what happened or why. She was reached by telephone Sunday morning before details of the shooting or Anderson’s name were made public. Roach said some employees would work as late 11 p.m. on a Saturday and appeared to acknowledge that an unnamed male employee was at the business Saturday night. She declined to offer more details or give the employee's name until she could learn more. “I don’t know why he was there. I don’t know why he was there. All employees have a key,” Roach said.

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So this is part of the war on police? Really? Pfui. Start a thread about cops who were killed in the line of duty, but this is not part of the war on police.

 

[waltky]

UK police officer killed in terrorist attack...

UK Police Officer Dead After Terror Attack
March 22, 2017 - At least four people are dead, including a police officer and an assailant, after an attack outside Britain's Parliament in London on Wednesday.

At least four people are dead, including a police officer and an assailant, after an attack outside Britain’s Parliament that London’s Metropolitan Police are treating as a "terrorist incident." Early reports were confusing, but witnesses reported hearing a commotion, shouting and the sound of gunfire. The assailant appears to have plowed a car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge as he drove up to the Houses of Parliament and crashed into security railings, witnesses said. The suspect was reportedly clad in black and seen wielding an object in his hand when he attacked at least one police officer in an area where members of the public are not allowed.

Tobias Ellwood, the foreign office minister, tried to help save the injured officer by administering CPR and applying pressure to his wounds, according to images shared widely on social media. Ellwood lost his brother, Jon, in a 2002 bombing attack that killed more than 200 people in Bali. Commander B.J. Harrington of the London Metropolitan Police told reporters that officers had responded to a number of reports, including of a person in the River Thames, a car in a collision with pedestrians and a man armed with a knife. He confirmed there were a number of casualties, including police officers, but could not provide details. “Although we remain open-minded to the motive, a full counterterrorism investigation is already underway,” he said.

Emergency services on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at the scene outside the Palace of Westminster, London, after a policeman was reportedly stabbed and his apparent attacker shot by officers in a major security incident at the Houses of Parliament.​

A doctor at nearby St Thomas’ Hospital told Britain’s Press Association that one woman died and a number of other people were hurt, some with “catastrophic injuries.” Ambulance personnel treated at least 10 patients on the bridge and put a number of hospitals on alert, said Pauline Cranmer, deputy director of the London Ambulance Service. It was not immediately clear whether they included the woman who died. A woman was pulled out of the river alive but injured, said Martin Garside, a spokesman for the Port of London Authority.

House of Commons Leader David Lidington described the situation to members of Parliament. “There has been a serious incident within the estate,” the conservative politician said. “It seems that a police officer has been stabbed, that the alleged assailant has been shot by police. There are also reports of further violent incidents within the vicinity of the palace of Westminster.” Staff and lawmakers in the area were told to stay inside their offices and a session of the House of Commons was suspended. “I am locked in my office with other MPs and frightened young researchers,” Michael Fabricant, a Conservative Party lawmaker, said on Twitter. “We have broken open a bottle of whiskey.”

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Police officer, three others killed in Wisconsin shooting: reports
Mar 22 2017 - A police officer and three other people were killed in a string of shootings that unfolded in three small communities in central Wisconsin, local media reported on Wednesday.

A suspect was taken into custody by police at an apartment complex in Weston, Wisconsin, following the incident, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel newspaper reported. Weston is about 90 miles west of Green Bay.

Todd Baeten, police captain for Wausau, Wisconsin, told an afternoon press conference that the incident began shortly before 1 p.m. central time when shots were reported fired at the Marathon Savings Bank in the nearby town of Rothschild.

Baeten told the news conference that several minutes later a similar report was received from a law firm in Wausau before officers converged on the apartment complex. Wausau police and the Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigations declined to confirm the casualties to Reuters.

Police officer, three others killed in Wisconsin shooting: reports

 

[SavannahMann]

UK police officer killed in terrorist attack...

UK Police Officer Dead After Terror Attack
March 22, 2017 - At least four people are dead, including a police officer and an assailant, after an attack outside Britain's Parliament in London on Wednesday.

At least four people are dead, including a police officer and an assailant, after an attack outside Britain’s Parliament that London’s Metropolitan Police are treating as a "terrorist incident." Early reports were confusing, but witnesses reported hearing a commotion, shouting and the sound of gunfire. The assailant appears to have plowed a car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge as he drove up to the Houses of Parliament and crashed into security railings, witnesses said. The suspect was reportedly clad in black and seen wielding an object in his hand when he attacked at least one police officer in an area where members of the public are not allowed.

Tobias Ellwood, the foreign office minister, tried to help save the injured officer by administering CPR and applying pressure to his wounds, according to images shared widely on social media. Ellwood lost his brother, Jon, in a 2002 bombing attack that killed more than 200 people in Bali. Commander B.J. Harrington of the London Metropolitan Police told reporters that officers had responded to a number of reports, including of a person in the River Thames, a car in a collision with pedestrians and a man armed with a knife. He confirmed there were a number of casualties, including police officers, but could not provide details. “Although we remain open-minded to the motive, a full counterterrorism investigation is already underway,” he said.

Emergency services on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at the scene outside the Palace of Westminster, London, after a policeman was reportedly stabbed and his apparent attacker shot by officers in a major security incident at the Houses of Parliament.​

A doctor at nearby St Thomas’ Hospital told Britain’s Press Association that one woman died and a number of other people were hurt, some with “catastrophic injuries.” Ambulance personnel treated at least 10 patients on the bridge and put a number of hospitals on alert, said Pauline Cranmer, deputy director of the London Ambulance Service. It was not immediately clear whether they included the woman who died. A woman was pulled out of the river alive but injured, said Martin Garside, a spokesman for the Port of London Authority.

House of Commons Leader David Lidington described the situation to members of Parliament. “There has been a serious incident within the estate,” the conservative politician said. “It seems that a police officer has been stabbed, that the alleged assailant has been shot by police. There are also reports of further violent incidents within the vicinity of the palace of Westminster.” Staff and lawmakers in the area were told to stay inside their offices and a session of the House of Commons was suspended. “I am locked in my office with other MPs and frightened young researchers,” Michael Fabricant, a Conservative Party lawmaker, said on Twitter. “We have broken open a bottle of whiskey.”

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Police officer, three others killed in Wisconsin shooting: reports
Mar 22 2017 - A police officer and three other people were killed in a string of shootings that unfolded in three small communities in central Wisconsin, local media reported on Wednesday.

A suspect was taken into custody by police at an apartment complex in Weston, Wisconsin, following the incident, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel newspaper reported. Weston is about 90 miles west of Green Bay.

Todd Baeten, police captain for Wausau, Wisconsin, told an afternoon press conference that the incident began shortly before 1 p.m. central time when shots were reported fired at the Marathon Savings Bank in the nearby town of Rothschild.

Baeten told the news conference that several minutes later a similar report was received from a law firm in Wausau before officers converged on the apartment complex. Wausau police and the Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigations declined to confirm the casualties to Reuters.

Police officer, three others killed in Wisconsin shooting: reports

So Obama is responsible for terrorists in London? I mean that's all I keep hearing is how Obama started the war on police and according to you these are the recent deaths in the war on police.

 

[waltky]

42 police officers decapitated in Katanga province of the DRC...

42 police ambushed, beheaded by Congolese militia
March 25, 2017 -- A Congolese militia ambushed and beheaded 42 police officers in one of the most gruesome incidents of violence in the country recently.

The incident happened outside the city of Kananga, in the central part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Violence in the south central provinces in the Kasai region of the Congo has been simmering for months with a local tribal militia known as Kamuina Nsapu fighting government security forces.

A militia in the central part of the Democratic Republic of Congo was blamed for ambushing and decapitating 42 government police officers on Saturday. The militia has been fighting government security forces outside the city of Kananga, shown here, for months.​

According to a United Nations estimate, more than 400 people have been killed in the fighting since last year and tens of thousands of Congolese in the area have been forced to flee or risk being caught up in the fighting.

The New York Times reported Saturday tensions have flared after a series of videos surfaced online of government forces killing civilians in the region. The Congolese army announced last week seven officers had been arrested and charged with war crimes after a video showed them shooting 13 unarmed civilians to death.

42 police ambushed, beheaded by Congolese militia

 

[SavannahMann]

42 police officers decapitated in Katanga province of the DRC...

42 police ambushed, beheaded by Congolese militia
March 25, 2017 -- A Congolese militia ambushed and beheaded 42 police officers in one of the most gruesome incidents of violence in the country recently.

The incident happened outside the city of Kananga, in the central part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Violence in the south central provinces in the Kasai region of the Congo has been simmering for months with a local tribal militia known as Kamuina Nsapu fighting government security forces.

A militia in the central part of the Democratic Republic of Congo was blamed for ambushing and decapitating 42 government police officers on Saturday. The militia has been fighting government security forces outside the city of Kananga, shown here, for months.​

According to a United Nations estimate, more than 400 people have been killed in the fighting since last year and tens of thousands of Congolese in the area have been forced to flee or risk being caught up in the fighting.

The New York Times reported Saturday tensions have flared after a series of videos surfaced online of government forces killing civilians in the region. The Congolese army announced last week seven officers had been arrested and charged with war crimes after a video showed them shooting 13 unarmed civilians to death.

42 police ambushed, beheaded by Congolese militia

Wait. How is this a result of Obama and BLM in any way. This is purportedly a thread on the war on police. I thought that was all because of Obama.

 

[waltky]

Okla. police officer dies from shootout with suspect...

Oklahoma Police Officer Killed by Suspect Who Fled From Traffic Stop
March 27, 2017 - Tecumseh Police Officer Justin Terney died after being shot by a suspect who fled a traffic stop.

A police officer who was shot by a man who fled a traffic stop late Sunday has died, police said Monday. Officer Justin Terney, 22, died Monday morning. Terney was shot by a man who was then shot by Terney in an exchange of gunfire, Tecumseh Police Assistant Chief J.R. Kidney said.

Terney stopped a vehicle with a woman driving it about 11:30 p.m. Sunday at Benson Park and Gordon Cooper, Kidney said. The male passenger fled, and Terney chased him. He used a Taser on the man with no effect. The woman was taken into custody, Kidney said. The man, who has not been positively identified, shot Terney and Terney returned fire, Kidney told reporters outside OU Medical Center on Monday morning.

Tecumseh Police Officer Justin Terney​

Terney underwent surgery for three gunshot wounds. The man who shot him suffered four gunshot wounds, Kidney said. Kidney said Terney was from Canadian and was also a volunteer firefighter. Terney had a new puppy and he dreamed of being a canine officer and was "gung'-ho" about police work, Kidney said. "He (Terney) was a very young officer who was just getting started in his career," Kidney said.

In a news conference Monday morning, Kidney said Terney had radioed a dispatcher after stopping the vehicle late Monday. The dispatcher located an outstanding warrant and told Terney about it. Once the man learned he was wanted he ran into a wooded area. Kidney said a Taser did not have any effect on the man and the man continued to run before gunfire was exchanged.

Oklahoma Police Officer Killed by Suspect Who Fled From Traffic Stop

 

[SavannahMann]

Here is another casualty in the war on cops.

Sergeant Curtis Blackbird

Sergeant Blackbird was traveling down the road responding to a call. The road construction people who obviously hate cops put a crane in the roadway in the construction zone. Then the weather people who were obviously in on the conspiracy arranged for it to be a foggy night. Using state of the art tracking information the call for police was arranged when Sergeant Blackbird would have to drive through the construction zone.

Does that sound stupid? So do most of the claims of this thread. A tiny fraction of the posts are. It people who set out intending to kill a cop. Yet Walt keeps posting them like this proves his point. Pfui.

There is no war on cops Walt. Get over it.

 

[waltky]

Oklahoma Deputy Killed serving an eviction notice at a home in Mulhall...

Oklahoma Deputy Killed; Suspect in Custody
April 18, 2017 - Logan County Sheriff's Deputy David Wade was shot and killed while he was serving an eviction notice at a home in Mulhall Tuesday morning.

The man accused of fatally shooting a Logan County sheriff's deputy Tuesday and leading authorities on a manhunt is in custody, according to Logan County Sheriff Damon Devereaux. Authorities identified Nathan Aaron Leforce, 45, as the person who shot Logan County Sheriff's Deputy David Wade while Wade was serving an eviction notice at a home in Mulhall. Wade was flown by helicopter to OU Medical Center, where he died.

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A Logan County Sheriff's Deputy David Wade died Tuesday after being shot while he was serving an eviction notice, authorities said. The shooter has been identified as Nathan Aaron Leforce, 45, who was described as white, 6 feet tall, with a thin build and mustache. He was wearing a black, long-sleeve shirt with a white shirt underneath. He also wore jeans and tennis shoes. Logan County Sheriff Damon Devereaux said Tuesday afternoon that the Oklahoma Highway Patrol had Leforce in custody. The deputy was flown by helicopter to OU Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 11:51 a.m.

Law officers set up an area to search about 5 miles west of Langston between Midwest Boulevard and Post Road between east-west county roads 77 and 76, said trooper John Vincent, Oklahoma Highway Patrol spokesman. The deputy went to a home about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday on an eviction notice at a home in Mulhall. The shooter reportedly stole the deputy's patrol pickup and drove to just west of Langston where another car was stolen at gunpoint at Smitty's One Stop, a convenience store, at State Highway 33 and Henney Road.

A worker said video surveillance showed Leforce trying to break into a car before he stole a woman's car at gunpoint. Worker Bashir Ahmed was inside when the woman's car was stolen. "I was so busy with customers until she came in I didn't know what happened," Ahmed said. The car stolen from the convenience store was located Tuesday morning near Jaxton Road and County Road 77.

Oklahoma Deputy Fatally Shot; Suspect in Custody | Officer.com

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Police: Facebook Live Killer Takes Own Life
April 18, 2017 - Erie police confirmed that Steve Stephens, the suspected gunman in the fatal shooting a Cleveland man that was posted on Facebook, killed himself while being followed by police Tuesday.

Erie police have confirmed the suicide in Erie on Tuesday of Steve Stephens, the Cleveland resident suspected of fatally shooting a Cleveland man on Sunday and posting video of the slaying on Facebook. Stephens died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound while driving a white Ford Fusion near Buffalo Road and Downing Avenue around 11:10 a.m., police said.

State police were following the car as it headed west into Erie after leaving a nearby McDonald’s, police said. The car, pointed west, is stopped in the westbound lane of Buffalo Road, across from the former Burton Elementary School, 1660 Buffalo Road. Police are blocking off the entire school grounds. Erie police are also at the scene, with Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook and the FBI and Erie County District Attorney Jack Daneri.

Erie Mayor Joe Sinnott said early Tuesday afternoon that he did not have much information about the incident, but he expected to be briefed later in the day by Police Chief Don Dacus, “Obviously when you’ve got a fugitive out there, you’re pleased to see it come to some quick resolution,” Sinnott said.

Police: Cleveland Facebook Live Killer Takes Own Life in Pennsylvania

 

[SavannahMann]

Oklahoma Deputy Killed serving an eviction notice at a home in Mulhall...

Oklahoma Deputy Killed; Suspect in Custody
April 18, 2017 - Logan County Sheriff's Deputy David Wade was shot and killed while he was serving an eviction notice at a home in Mulhall Tuesday morning.

The man accused of fatally shooting a Logan County sheriff's deputy Tuesday and leading authorities on a manhunt is in custody, according to Logan County Sheriff Damon Devereaux. Authorities identified Nathan Aaron Leforce, 45, as the person who shot Logan County Sheriff's Deputy David Wade while Wade was serving an eviction notice at a home in Mulhall. Wade was flown by helicopter to OU Medical Center, where he died.

Earlier story:

A Logan County Sheriff's Deputy David Wade died Tuesday after being shot while he was serving an eviction notice, authorities said. The shooter has been identified as Nathan Aaron Leforce, 45, who was described as white, 6 feet tall, with a thin build and mustache. He was wearing a black, long-sleeve shirt with a white shirt underneath. He also wore jeans and tennis shoes. Logan County Sheriff Damon Devereaux said Tuesday afternoon that the Oklahoma Highway Patrol had Leforce in custody. The deputy was flown by helicopter to OU Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 11:51 a.m.

Law officers set up an area to search about 5 miles west of Langston between Midwest Boulevard and Post Road between east-west county roads 77 and 76, said trooper John Vincent, Oklahoma Highway Patrol spokesman. The deputy went to a home about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday on an eviction notice at a home in Mulhall. The shooter reportedly stole the deputy's patrol pickup and drove to just west of Langston where another car was stolen at gunpoint at Smitty's One Stop, a convenience store, at State Highway 33 and Henney Road.

A worker said video surveillance showed Leforce trying to break into a car before he stole a woman's car at gunpoint. Worker Bashir Ahmed was inside when the woman's car was stolen. "I was so busy with customers until she came in I didn't know what happened," Ahmed said. The car stolen from the convenience store was located Tuesday morning near Jaxton Road and County Road 77.

Oklahoma Deputy Fatally Shot; Suspect in Custody | Officer.com

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Police: Facebook Live Killer Takes Own Life
April 18, 2017 - Erie police confirmed that Steve Stephens, the suspected gunman in the fatal shooting a Cleveland man that was posted on Facebook, killed himself while being followed by police Tuesday.

Erie police have confirmed the suicide in Erie on Tuesday of Steve Stephens, the Cleveland resident suspected of fatally shooting a Cleveland man on Sunday and posting video of the slaying on Facebook. Stephens died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound while driving a white Ford Fusion near Buffalo Road and Downing Avenue around 11:10 a.m., police said.

State police were following the car as it headed west into Erie after leaving a nearby McDonald’s, police said. The car, pointed west, is stopped in the westbound lane of Buffalo Road, across from the former Burton Elementary School, 1660 Buffalo Road. Police are blocking off the entire school grounds. Erie police are also at the scene, with Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook and the FBI and Erie County District Attorney Jack Daneri.

Erie Mayor Joe Sinnott said early Tuesday afternoon that he did not have much information about the incident, but he expected to be briefed later in the day by Police Chief Don Dacus, “Obviously when you’ve got a fugitive out there, you’re pleased to see it come to some quick resolution,” Sinnott said.

Police: Cleveland Facebook Live Killer Takes Own Life in Pennsylvania

My Lord. The Police don't have a chance. Imagine the planning, the logistics involved. The sheer number of people involved in murdering that cop boggles the imagination.

First a guy had to rent a house. Then he intentionally didn't pay rent so he would be evicted. Now it is impossible to be tensed and ready to go always so the baddie needed someone at the court who would tell him when the judge signed the order.

Even that would only tell him to get ready. So they had to have an inside man at the police department. This inside man was able to tell the baddie when the Deputy got the eviction notice. A series of lookouts then reported when the Deputy approached and allowed the baddie to spring the ambush.

Nah. That is way too complicated. It was a crime of opportunity.

 

[waltky]

Updates on War on Cops...

Arkansas Sheriff's Deputy Fatally Shot During Traffic Stop
May 11, 2017 - Yell County Sheriff's Lt. Kevin C. Mainhart was fatally shot along with two other people Thursday morning and the suspected gunman was in an ongoing standoff with authorities.

A Yell County, Arkansas Sheriff's deputy was fatally shot along with two other people Thursday morning and the suspected gunman was in an ongoing standoff with authorities. Lt. Kevin C. Mainhart was shot after he made a traffic stop on Highway 27 near the junction of Slo Fork Road around 7:15 a.m. after spotting a vehicle believed to be associated with an earlier disturbance call, according to KARK-TV.

The 46-year-old deputy was pronounced dead on the scene after a passing driving discovered he had been shot. Officers responded to 10024 Gum Springs Road where the earlier disturbance was reported and found the bodies of two other people outside the home. The idenities of the two civilians found dead and the suspect have not been released.

Authories are currently in a standoff with the suspect and were attmepting to make contact with him. Mainhart served with the Yell County Sheriff's Department for five years and had previously retired from the West Memphis Police Department following a career of more than 20 years.

Arkansas Sheriff's Deputy Fatally Shot During Traffic Stop

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Deputy Constable's Killer Committed Suicide
April 11, 2017 - A massive manhunt for the killer who ambushed veteran lawman Clint Greenwood came to abrupt end Monday, when investigators discovered their prime suspect had been lying in cold storage at the Harris County morgue.

After an exhaustive search for a suspect in the brazen slaying that had so far yielded few leads, investigators finally got their break Sunday and identified William Francis Kenny, 64, as the man behind the April 3 attack. Shortly before they were set to announce publicly they were searching for Kenny, they learned he had killed himself the day after the lawman's death. Kenny shot himself in the head about 8 a.m. April 4 near Ben Taub General Hospital with a gun just like the one he used to kill the lawman, police said. "The man was a coward -- a coward in life and death," said Montgomery County Sheriff's Lt. Tim Cannon, Greenwood's close friend since middle school. "This just proves it."

The incident ended a saga that gripped Houston for the last week, but raised nearly as many questions as it answered. Kenny's animus appears to have originated from a Valentine's Day incident in 2012 in which his estranged father-in-law called police to say Kenny had threatened him, according to court documents. No charges were filed against anyone, but the incident nevertheless appeared to consume him. He wrote letters to the judge in his divorce case and posted rambling grievances on a website, www.fryroad.com, against dozens of officials -- including Greenwood -- from the Harris County Sheriff's Office, the District Attorney's Office and the County Attorney's Office.

William Francis Kenny, left, and Assistant Chief Depty Clinton Greenwood​

Greenwood was one among those included on what one investigator termed a "hate list" that accused them of failing to take action against deputies who responded to the 2012 call without questioning the father-in-law's allegations. "HCA (Harris County Administration) conspired to cover-up co-worker crimes by framing an innocent citizen," Kenny wrote on the website. He told the judge that "a police cover-up occurred and a criminal is going unpunished," in a letter sent just one day before his divorce was finalized. He does not appear to ever have met Greenwood, noting on the website that he had made numerous failed attempts to contact Greenwood, who later oversaw the sheriff's internal affairs division. "I'm thankful no other officers were injured, or we had to confront the guy," said Steve Marino, chief deputy at the Precinct 5 Constable's Office, another close friend of Greenwood's. "And that the family doesn't have to endure a trial."

Greenwood is survived by his widow, Leatha Greenwood, and their four children. They have said little publicly, asking for privacy in the case. A man who identified himself as Kenny's brother apologized to Greenwood's family. "I just wanted to express our condolences to the family of Constable Greenwood," John Kenny told reporters Monday outside his northwest Harris County home, where William Kenny had lived briefly. "We're so very sorry, our thoughts and prayers go out to him. I don't know what to say. We're in shock, too."

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More Details Released in Slaying of N.D. Deputy
May 3, 2017 - Rolette County Sheriff's Deputy Colt Allery was fatally shot by 28-year-old Melvin Gene Delong in January.

North Dakota investigators say the suspect in the January shooting death of a Rolette County sheriff's deputy shot the officer first and that law enforcement was justified in using deadly force. But the Rolette County state's attorney still considers the case ongoing and open. The North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation has closed the case on the murder of Colt Allery, a 29-year-old Rolette County sheriff's deputy who was fatally shot by 28-year-old Melvin Gene Delong, of Belcourt, N.D. Documents obtained in a records request by the Herald indicate that Delong fired first in the confrontation. "The video depicts Deputy Allery being shot in the face and Deputy Allery not firing any shots," the incident reports stated.

The reports include 77 pages of interviews and dash cam analysis, as well as video and supporting documents. The documents detail how the stop of a suspected stolen Chevrolet pickup turned into a fatal shootout. A review of a Rolette County deputy's dashcam shows officers stopping the vehicle, reportedly stolen in Devils Lake, at 6:45 p.m. Jan. 18 at a rural intersection about 5 miles northeast of Rolette after pursuing the pickup for several miles. The chase at times exceeded 80 mph, according to initial reports. OnStar, a vehicle security system, eventually initiated technology to slow the pickup down before it came to a stop near 89th Street Northeast and 42nd Avenue Northeast.

The video showing the shooting and the minutes that followed were redacted under North Dakota law, but a timeline describing the events states Allery approached the driver's side of the pickup with his gun drawn. When he was near the side mirror, Allery was shot twice by the suspect, identified as Delong. Delong tried to drive away but stopped several times as Deputy Joseph Kaufman fired multiple shots at the vehicle with his handgun and shotgun. Rolla Police Chief Joe Boehm and Officer Nathan Gustafson eventually arrived at the scene, with Boehm asking why Kaufman fired so many shots. "Deputy Kaufman stated that the truck continued to move," the reports state. "The truck would creep ahead." Boehm fired about 15 to 20 rounds from an AR-15 rifle into the stolen vehicle's driver seat after seeing movement in the pickup cab. Gustafson also fired shots at the vehicle.

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Cop killer shot and killed...

Cops shoot and kill alleged gunman who murdered rookie Kentucky state trooper
September 14, 2015 - A man suspected of killing a Kentucky trooper was shot and killed by state police early Monday morning, police confirmed to FoxNews.com.

Authorities said 25-year-old Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks, of Missouri, was located in a remote rural area near I-24 around 7 a.m., following an all-night manhunt. Johnson-Shanks was armed with a handgun and did not comply with several commands to drop his weapon, according to Sgt. Mike Webb. "That gave the trooper closest to him no choice but to fire his agency-issued weapon, striking him multiple times," Webb said.

Johnson-Shanks was arrested while police waited for EMS at the scene and he died from his injuries at a local hospital at 8:23 a.m. Webb said he wasn't aware of any statements Johnson-Shanks may have made prior to being shot. A statement released early Monday said that Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder, 31, was pronounced dead at a Princeton, Ky., hospital after being shot multiple times late Sunday night. Ponder had been a state trooper since January of this year.

Kentucky State Police Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder and suspect Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks.

The statement said that Ponder was conducting a traffic stop Sunday on the westbound side of Interstate 24 in the western part of the state at about 10:20 p.m. local time. The statement said that the driver who was being stopped took off from the scene, with Ponder pursuing him for approximately nine miles. At that point, according to the statement, the suspect's car abruptly stopped, causing Ponder to crash his car into the vehicle. Police say the driver, Johnson-Shanks, got out of the car and started shooting at Ponder, hitting him multiple times. Bullets also struck the hood and windshield of the police cruiser, authorities said.

After the shooting, authorities said that Johnson-Shanks fled the scene on foot and was considered armed and dangerous. Interstate 24 was shut down in both directions early Monday to assist in the search. “Pray for our guys that are out here,” Kentucky County Executive Wade White told reporters, according to KVFS. Ponder, from Rineyville, was a U.S. Navy veteran who was stationed at the police post in Mayfield after graduating from the academy, KVFS reported. He reportedly had plans to move closer to home within the next year.

Cops shoot and kill alleged gunman who murdered rookie Kentucky state trooper

This is just one of the ways that LEOs face the chance of being shot or killed.. Law and Order has been slowly degrading over many years. The training has degraded in to Progressive theory that puts the LEO in to a dangerous conditions that he has no training to handle. I like taking a kid from the farm and shipping him to China to fight in a war helping China. The training that to days LEOs get is in theory not practicable. If the LEO goes to college he gets a heavy dose of Progressive courses from the left and very few classes in practicable methods that he can use and may save his life. Criminals act, fast, stealthy and deadly.

 

[SavannahMann]

Cop killer shot and killed...

Cops shoot and kill alleged gunman who murdered rookie Kentucky state trooper
September 14, 2015 - A man suspected of killing a Kentucky trooper was shot and killed by state police early Monday morning, police confirmed to FoxNews.com.

Authorities said 25-year-old Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks, of Missouri, was located in a remote rural area near I-24 around 7 a.m., following an all-night manhunt. Johnson-Shanks was armed with a handgun and did not comply with several commands to drop his weapon, according to Sgt. Mike Webb. "That gave the trooper closest to him no choice but to fire his agency-issued weapon, striking him multiple times," Webb said.

Johnson-Shanks was arrested while police waited for EMS at the scene and he died from his injuries at a local hospital at 8:23 a.m. Webb said he wasn't aware of any statements Johnson-Shanks may have made prior to being shot. A statement released early Monday said that Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder, 31, was pronounced dead at a Princeton, Ky., hospital after being shot multiple times late Sunday night. Ponder had been a state trooper since January of this year.

Kentucky State Police Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder and suspect Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks.

The statement said that Ponder was conducting a traffic stop Sunday on the westbound side of Interstate 24 in the western part of the state at about 10:20 p.m. local time. The statement said that the driver who was being stopped took off from the scene, with Ponder pursuing him for approximately nine miles. At that point, according to the statement, the suspect's car abruptly stopped, causing Ponder to crash his car into the vehicle. Police say the driver, Johnson-Shanks, got out of the car and started shooting at Ponder, hitting him multiple times. Bullets also struck the hood and windshield of the police cruiser, authorities said.

After the shooting, authorities said that Johnson-Shanks fled the scene on foot and was considered armed and dangerous. Interstate 24 was shut down in both directions early Monday to assist in the search. “Pray for our guys that are out here,” Kentucky County Executive Wade White told reporters, according to KVFS. Ponder, from Rineyville, was a U.S. Navy veteran who was stationed at the police post in Mayfield after graduating from the academy, KVFS reported. He reportedly had plans to move closer to home within the next year.

Cops shoot and kill alleged gunman who murdered rookie Kentucky state trooper

This is just one of the ways that LEOs face the chance of being shot or killed.. Law and Order has been slowly degrading over many years. The training has degraded in to Progressive theory that puts the LEO in to a dangerous conditions that he has no training to handle. I like taking a kid from the farm and shipping him to China to fight in a war helping China. The training that to days LEOs get is in theory not practicable. If the LEO goes to college he gets a heavy dose of Progressive courses from the left and very few classes in practicable methods that he can use and may save his life. Criminals act, fast, stealthy and deadly.

Preposterous.

What liberal ideas had the trooper following the car so closely that a sudden stop by the fleeing suspect caused the crash? What liberal policy or idealism told the cop to follow the fleeing vehicle so closely at high speed that he wouldn't have time to hit the brakes?

As a guess, since many cops don't wear seat belts because that safety equipment slows them down, I'm going out on the limb and suggesting that the trooper probably wasn't wearing his seat belt. Liberals would have suggested or even mandated that the belts be worn for safety. Having a crash without wearing one would likely stun the trooper or even injur him. So how are the liberals responsible when the cop isn't wearing the seatbelt provided for his safety?

In other words, you are full of shit. Just like all the other war on cops idiots.

 

[Dan Stubbs]

Cop killer shot and killed...

Cops shoot and kill alleged gunman who murdered rookie Kentucky state trooper
September 14, 2015 - A man suspected of killing a Kentucky trooper was shot and killed by state police early Monday morning, police confirmed to FoxNews.com.

Authorities said 25-year-old Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks, of Missouri, was located in a remote rural area near I-24 around 7 a.m., following an all-night manhunt. Johnson-Shanks was armed with a handgun and did not comply with several commands to drop his weapon, according to Sgt. Mike Webb. "That gave the trooper closest to him no choice but to fire his agency-issued weapon, striking him multiple times," Webb said.

Johnson-Shanks was arrested while police waited for EMS at the scene and he died from his injuries at a local hospital at 8:23 a.m. Webb said he wasn't aware of any statements Johnson-Shanks may have made prior to being shot. A statement released early Monday said that Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder, 31, was pronounced dead at a Princeton, Ky., hospital after being shot multiple times late Sunday night. Ponder had been a state trooper since January of this year.

Kentucky State Police Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder and suspect Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks.

The statement said that Ponder was conducting a traffic stop Sunday on the westbound side of Interstate 24 in the western part of the state at about 10:20 p.m. local time. The statement said that the driver who was being stopped took off from the scene, with Ponder pursuing him for approximately nine miles. At that point, according to the statement, the suspect's car abruptly stopped, causing Ponder to crash his car into the vehicle. Police say the driver, Johnson-Shanks, got out of the car and started shooting at Ponder, hitting him multiple times. Bullets also struck the hood and windshield of the police cruiser, authorities said.

After the shooting, authorities said that Johnson-Shanks fled the scene on foot and was considered armed and dangerous. Interstate 24 was shut down in both directions early Monday to assist in the search. “Pray for our guys that are out here,” Kentucky County Executive Wade White told reporters, according to KVFS. Ponder, from Rineyville, was a U.S. Navy veteran who was stationed at the police post in Mayfield after graduating from the academy, KVFS reported. He reportedly had plans to move closer to home within the next year.

Cops shoot and kill alleged gunman who murdered rookie Kentucky state trooper

This is just one of the ways that LEOs face the chance of being shot or killed.. Law and Order has been slowly degrading over many years. The training has degraded in to Progressive theory that puts the LEO in to a dangerous conditions that he has no training to handle. I like taking a kid from the farm and shipping him to China to fight in a war helping China. The training that to days LEOs get is in theory not practicable. If the LEO goes to college he gets a heavy dose of Progressive courses from the left and very few classes in practicable methods that he can use and may save his life. Criminals act, fast, stealthy and deadly.

Preposterous.

What liberal ideas had the trooper following the car so closely that a sudden stop by the fleeing suspect caused the crash? What liberal policy or idealism told the cop to follow the fleeing vehicle so closely at high speed that he wouldn't have time to hit the brakes?

As a guess, since many cops don't wear seat belts because that safety equipment slows them down, I'm going out on the limb and suggesting that the trooper probably wasn't wearing his seat belt. Liberals would have suggested or even mandated that the belts be worn for safety. Having a crash without wearing one would likely stun the trooper or even injur him. So how are the liberals responsible when the cop isn't wearing the seatbelt provided for his safety?

In other words, you are full of shit. Just like all the other war on cops idiots.

The last part of your post sucks but you do have a point to make. Most cops wear seat belts exception is when they are in and out of the car during area checks. I would never get into a high speed chase without one. I anyone does they are stupid or new to the job or never had to pry a person out of a crushed vehicle that was not wearing one. The real problem is the training it lack practical training and less shrink classes put on by the Progressive teachers. I have never attended or seen a great training acd or classes.

 

[SavannahMann]

Cop killer shot and killed...

Cops shoot and kill alleged gunman who murdered rookie Kentucky state trooper
September 14, 2015 - A man suspected of killing a Kentucky trooper was shot and killed by state police early Monday morning, police confirmed to FoxNews.com.

Authorities said 25-year-old Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks, of Missouri, was located in a remote rural area near I-24 around 7 a.m., following an all-night manhunt. Johnson-Shanks was armed with a handgun and did not comply with several commands to drop his weapon, according to Sgt. Mike Webb. "That gave the trooper closest to him no choice but to fire his agency-issued weapon, striking him multiple times," Webb said.

Johnson-Shanks was arrested while police waited for EMS at the scene and he died from his injuries at a local hospital at 8:23 a.m. Webb said he wasn't aware of any statements Johnson-Shanks may have made prior to being shot. A statement released early Monday said that Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder, 31, was pronounced dead at a Princeton, Ky., hospital after being shot multiple times late Sunday night. Ponder had been a state trooper since January of this year.

Kentucky State Police Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder and suspect Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks.

The statement said that Ponder was conducting a traffic stop Sunday on the westbound side of Interstate 24 in the western part of the state at about 10:20 p.m. local time. The statement said that the driver who was being stopped took off from the scene, with Ponder pursuing him for approximately nine miles. At that point, according to the statement, the suspect's car abruptly stopped, causing Ponder to crash his car into the vehicle. Police say the driver, Johnson-Shanks, got out of the car and started shooting at Ponder, hitting him multiple times. Bullets also struck the hood and windshield of the police cruiser, authorities said.

After the shooting, authorities said that Johnson-Shanks fled the scene on foot and was considered armed and dangerous. Interstate 24 was shut down in both directions early Monday to assist in the search. “Pray for our guys that are out here,” Kentucky County Executive Wade White told reporters, according to KVFS. Ponder, from Rineyville, was a U.S. Navy veteran who was stationed at the police post in Mayfield after graduating from the academy, KVFS reported. He reportedly had plans to move closer to home within the next year.

Cops shoot and kill alleged gunman who murdered rookie Kentucky state trooper

This is just one of the ways that LEOs face the chance of being shot or killed.. Law and Order has been slowly degrading over many years. The training has degraded in to Progressive theory that puts the LEO in to a dangerous conditions that he has no training to handle. I like taking a kid from the farm and shipping him to China to fight in a war helping China. The training that to days LEOs get is in theory not practicable. If the LEO goes to college he gets a heavy dose of Progressive courses from the left and very few classes in practicable methods that he can use and may save his life. Criminals act, fast, stealthy and deadly.

Preposterous.

What liberal ideas had the trooper following the car so closely that a sudden stop by the fleeing suspect caused the crash? What liberal policy or idealism told the cop to follow the fleeing vehicle so closely at high speed that he wouldn't have time to hit the brakes?

As a guess, since many cops don't wear seat belts because that safety equipment slows them down, I'm going out on the limb and suggesting that the trooper probably wasn't wearing his seat belt. Liberals would have suggested or even mandated that the belts be worn for safety. Having a crash without wearing one would likely stun the trooper or even injur him. So how are the liberals responsible when the cop isn't wearing the seatbelt provided for his safety?

In other words, you are full of shit. Just like all the other war on cops idiots.

The last part of your post sucks but you do have a point to make. Most cops wear seat belts exception is when they are in and out of the car during area checks. I would never get into a high speed chase without one. I anyone does they are stupid or new to the job or never had to pry a person out of a crushed vehicle that was not wearing one. The real problem is the training it lack practical training and less shrink classes put on by the Progressive teachers. I have never attended or seen a great training acd or classes.

Again bullshit. 2017

Look at the numbers. Almost half of the cops who have died this year were auto accidents.

High speed crashes for a variety of reasons generally speaking. Yet this most preventable cause of their deaths is ignored in favor of propaganda and nonsense. Propaganda of blaming some nonexistent war on cops and absolute nonsense like yours about how awful the progressive or liberals are.

Liberals run California. Yet California has some of the strongest laws protecting cops under the Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights. Those damned progressives have made it nearly impossible to investigate police misconduct. They really hate the cops right?

You and the rest of the war on police crowd are completely full of shit. Police are outnumbered by about 100 to one. So if there was a war on cops, it would last about a day and a half. Then the war and the cops would be history. It sounds good and plays into the false image of the police defending whatever you want to pretend they are.

Blame the damned progressives or liberals or what ever you want to. But it is all bullshit.

Seattle Washington [EDIT: originally I screwed up and wrote Oregon. Thanks to yiostheoy for pointing out my error.] is a liberal stronghold. They really hate cops there. But when a cop sprayed a man with pepper spray for the crime of walking by she didn't even get a days suspension. Those outrageous damned liberals who hate cops didn't do a damn thing to a lunatic in a badge.



If the progressives actually hated cops the way you suggest they would have trumped up some charges and sent her to jail for that shit. But oh no, they are the bogie man in your illusions.

War on cops my big old butt.

I sincerely hope we don't see a war on cops for real. If you had half the brain you denounce in those same progressives you would hope the same damned thing.

 

[yiostheoy]

Seattle Oregon is a liberal stronghold. They really hate cops there. But when a cop sprayed a man with pepper spray for the crime of walking by she didn't even get a days suspension. Those outrageous damned liberals who hate cops didn't do a damn thing to a lunatic in a badge.

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Sorry but I must not have gotten the memo on this.

When did they move Seattle to Oregon ??

 

[yiostheoy]

This is just one of the ways that LEOs face the chance of being shot or killed.. Law and Order has been slowly degrading over many years. The training has degraded in to Progressive theory that puts the LEO in to a dangerous conditions that he has no training to handle. I like taking a kid from the farm and shipping him to China to fight in a war helping China. The training that to days LEOs get is in theory not practicable. If the LEO goes to college he gets a heavy dose of Progressive courses from the left and very few classes in practicable methods that he can use and may save his life. Criminals act, fast, stealthy and deadly.

The crime rate rises and falls.

Currently it has been falling a bit.

But budgets have fallen dramatically lately and therefore cops roll onto scenes alone more often these days and that's why they get killed a lot -- no backups.

 

[SavannahMann]

Seattle Oregon is a liberal stronghold. They really hate cops there. But when a cop sprayed a man with pepper spray for the crime of walking by she didn't even get a days suspension. Those outrageous damned liberals who hate cops didn't do a damn thing to a lunatic in a badge.

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Sorry but I must not have gotten the memo on this.

When did they move Seattle to Oregon ??

You are right. My bad. Thanks for pointing it out.

 

[yiostheoy]

Seattle Oregon is a liberal stronghold. They really hate cops there. But when a cop sprayed a man with pepper spray for the crime of walking by she didn't even get a days suspension. Those outrageous damned liberals who hate cops didn't do a damn thing to a lunatic in a badge.

...

Sorry but I must not have gotten the memo on this.

When did they move Seattle to Oregon ??

You are right. My bad. Thanks for pointing it out.

Wash State and Oregon are swing states.

The DEMs inhabit the big cities while the rest of those states are GOP.

 

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[SavannahMann]

Seattle Oregon is a liberal stronghold. They really hate cops there. But when a cop sprayed a man with pepper spray for the crime of walking by she didn't even get a days suspension. Those outrageous damned liberals who hate cops didn't do a damn thing to a lunatic in a badge.

...

Sorry but I must not have gotten the memo on this.

When did they move Seattle to Oregon ??

You are right. My bad. Thanks for pointing it out.

Wash State and Oregon are swing states.

The DEMs inhabit the big cities while the rest of those states are GOP.

Yes. But let's consider this. The people have a right to assemble and they did so. It started to get out of hand. The police ordered the people to disperse. Again fine so far. Yet the cop hosed down the guy walking by, walking away with pepper spray. I can sort of understand hosing people who aren't leaving with pepper spray. I wouldn't raise a fuss about it. I can even see using tear gas to encourage the reluctant folks to go ahead and leave.

But when the people are leaving to hose the guy walking by talking on the phone is inexcusable.

She suffered no punishment. The liberals in charge of the city didn't even look stern as they told her not to do it again.