4th Cop in 2 weeks Killed in St. Petersburg...

[coastie]

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/article1153052.ece

While this is tragic, the comments are moreso. Police state Amerikka, here we come. Knee-jerk reaction-ism at it's finest.

Some cherry-picked gems(it's Honesty Tuesday for me):


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kathyyyy Feb 22, 2011 7:33 AM About 6 hours ago

First off, my sincere condolences to the family/friends of Officer Crawford. Truly a tragedy that another one of our law enforcement officials has been killed in cold blood. I am concerned about how easy it must be to get a gun. I know the argument has always been that criminals will get them anyway but I just don't know about that. Who I'd really like to hear from is some of our women and men in blue and what they think about public gun ownership. I would love it if the SPT could give us a story with their perspective, thoughts and feelings on this matter so I, for one, could gain some clarity.

:confused::eek:


Officers, it is turning very dangerous out on our streets. We need to keep your pensions untouched and get more advanced crime fighting technologies into your hands. For the love of God, keep a professional mentality, step up your awareness of security and safety precautions, and let's bring this criminal to justice. May the Angels watch over you, like you do over us. Stay safe.


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denise100 Feb 22, 2011 6:51 AM About 7 hours ago

Again, too often, thoughts go out to the officer's family. Decent CIVILIZED people are very sorry for your loss. The national war on LEOs must be stopped.




jssr Feb 22, 2011 7:12 AM About 6 hours ago
Excellent post. I would also add that there are young men and women overseas making poverty level wages fighting for their country so Mr. Limbaugh and others can run their mouths for a thousand bucks a minute.


The only response(I'll admit, I only made it through the first page) that made me smile somewhat though:


Snoz101 Feb 22, 2011 6:53 AM About 7 hours ago
Tell your governor how much you support cutting the pension benefits of the police and prosecutors who now have to clean up this mess for him.
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notsosmart Feb 22, 2011 7:24 AM About 6 hours ago
Are you suggesting doubling the pensions will stop officer killings?



:D

I'm a little worried about the mentality on this already, local paper editorials are in hysteria as well. I'm gonna go start injecting some reality over in the local papers comments section. I've actually avoided traveling anywhere quite a bit because I am always armed, and these guys are out for blood right now. In the link, it even says that they


The city is still coping with the shooting deaths of Officers Jeffrey A. Yaslowitz and Thomas Baitinger, who were killed Jan. 24 in a confrontation with an armed suspect in an attic. Police laid siege to Hydra Lacy's home at 3734 28th Ave. S with armored vehicles and nearly destroyed it until his body found was found hours later.

There's some "justice" for ya, and the sheep are beggin for more.:mad:

[Anti Federalist]

The vast majority of Gestapo informers were not full-term informers working undercover, but were rather ordinary citizens who for whatever reason chose to denounce those they knew to the Gestapo.[18]

[coastie]

The vast majority of Gestapo informers were not full-term informers working undercover, but were rather ordinary citizens who for whatever reason chose to denounce those they knew to the Gestapo.[18]

YES. I used this against socialist-ology professor recently, it was epic.:D

[Anti Federalist]

YES. I used this against socialist-ology professor recently, it was epic.:D

Awesome.

Do tell.

[Eroberer]

I wonder how many of those comments were written by the police themselves.

[daviddee]

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[Anti Federalist]

Maybe we won't have to worry about cops for few days.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?280897-The-Unions-Planning-Massive-Nationwide-Rally

[bkreigh]

FYI dont move to South St. Pete. The place is a hell hole. Once you get past USF and Bayfront Hospital the neighborhood turns to shit.

This story was the only thing on the news down here today. I have heard a ton talk about stricter gun laws. Im not sure if anybody listens to the Bubba Clem (AKA Love Sponge) but he is a big LEO supporter and today he was talking about how everybody that owns a handgun should have to have a permit even if you dont take it outside your house.

I am interested to see what these killings do to the open carry law that was being talked about here in Florida. I just see some knee jerk reactions coming from these strings of killings.

[daviddee]

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[Anti Federalist]

Side note: For those that do not know... Florida is "ground zero" for pain doctors. People come from all over the East Coast to get their Oxys. The local pigs wanted to institute a statewide database of every purchase of pain medication. The new Governor shot it down. It would have cost the tax payers $0 dollars... but the ramifications were massive. Imagine, if you will, this database in place... "The PainKiller database has done 'so well' that we need to expand it to anti-depressants so we can identify those who should not buy a gun". Imagine again... "The Painkiller and Anti-Depressant database has done so well we need to expand it for aids medication we can make sure people who aids are not infecting new people". Imagine again: "We need to just have all of your prescription info".

Make no mistake, that's on it's way.

[daviddee]

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[bkreigh]

South St Pete is the ghetto. It is a cess pool of human waste. When i moved down here for the first time in 2002 i was looking at apartments and was about to get one on the southside because it was one of the the cheapest. Luckily my co-workers told me about the area. I had a buddy that lived in Coquina Keys and I hated going down there to pick him up and drop him off from work when his car broke dick.

I moved away for 4 years and its a shame that the cess pool screwed of Baywalk. I left right before it started getting to bad. I remember getting out of the movies and walking to the car. My girlfriend and I were the only white folks around. It didnt help that i was wearing a confederate shirt either. Luckily she spotted some gals she went to school with and chatted for a few minutes. All the businesses there have since moved away. It used to be a decent drinking spot.


Bubba - He is a "mark" for law enforcement and the police state. He is also in favor of the "pill mill" database. He has turned into a complete mid-aged douche bag and has always been pro-LEO. He sucked Charlie Christ's dick when he was running for Attorney General.

It doesnt take long to learn he is a huge pro-LEO guy. I personally have nothing against LEOs until they violate somebody's civil liberties.


Side note: For those that do not know... Florida is "ground zero" for pain doctors. People come from all over the East Coast to get their Oxys. The local pigs wanted to institute a statewide database of every purchase of pain medication. The new Governor shot it down. It would have cost the tax payers $0 dollars... but the ramifications were massive. Imagine, if you will, this database in place... "The PainKiller database has done 'so well' that we need to expand it to anti-depressants so we can identify those who should not buy a gun". Imagine again... "The Painkiller and Anti-Depressant database has done so well we need to expand it for aids medication we can make sure people who aids are not infecting new people". Imagine again: "We need to just have all of your prescription info".

Thanks for the info. I just moved back down here a less than 2 years ago and havent heard of it. Its tough following state politics when you move ever few years. Ill have to look into this more.


Lastly, the guns laws will not change. After the last two pigs got shot the legislators in Tallahassee were questioned and their response was "Tighter guns laws would not have prevented the death of those two officers. We are moving ahead with loosening laws further... for law abiding citizens". NRA is big here and it will not happen. We still do not know the details of the shooting. The last two pigs that got shot totally broke protocol. They entered the house before backup arrived.... they got shot because of it. This was mentioned in passing after they were shot when it should have been the primary issue. Aside from the fact the families/sheriffs office were slutting for cash on TV. The death benefits are massive + life insurance + pension to widower + etc... I was pissed.

Legislators have a track history of changing their stance on issues. Hopefully they dont budge on this but you never know. The more people that come out and ask for tighter gun control the more likely they will be to flip flop. I think you are right that the laws wont change but hell you never know when it comes to politicians. They like to blow smoke up our asses.

[coastie]

The Jessica Lunsford thing happened literally 3 miles down the road I had my travel trailer on while stationed in Yankeetown, Fl (I lived in Homassassa Springs). Locally there was an "uproar" about how CCSO handled the case, but we all see how that turned out...:mad:

One of the local police depts. here recently unionized....:eek:

The local sheriff here(Bay County) brags almost daily about how the pill mill registry and MethCheck started here in my county. Too bad he never admits what an unmitigated failure both these programs are, people still do/cook meth around here, and I can assure you pills aint hard to find, either.;)

[Anti Federalist]

The local sheriff here(Bay County) brags almost daily about how the pill mill registry and MethCheck started here in my county. Too bad he never admits what an unmitigated failure both these programs are, people still do/cook meth around here, and I can assure you pills aint hard to find, either.;)

I'm trying to recall a quote about how to judge the success of police, that it was not by the visible presence of police and all their programs but an absence of crime and police.

[Anti Federalist]

I wonder how many of those comments were written by the police themselves.

In honor of your sig line.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIJN6WWf3Rg

[Brooklyn Red Leg]

Bubba - He is a "mark" for law enforcement and the police state. He is also in favor of the "pill mill" database. He has turned into a complete mid-aged douche bag and has always been pro-LEO. He sucked Charlie Christ's dick when he was running for Attorney General.

Yea. Back in October when those two shitstains were shot, I almost vomited listening to Bubba not asking the real question: WTF were those two doing that allowed someone to get the drop on them and shoot both of them. Of course Bubba would never dream of questioning the Thin Blue Line.

[daviddee]

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