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- Foenetik, on 12/24/2008, -1/+24why does this profession attract such unstable individuals?
- mrcaulfield, on 12/24/2008, -3/+25The cop has become the killer.
"Cop Killer" by Ice T anyone? - inactive, on 12/24/2008, -9/+29Another cop taking out there aggression on other people. Punch a bicyclist. Move along, nothing to see here.
- UtahApocalyse, on 12/24/2008, -2/+20Great!! Finally a Utah story hits the digg front page......
Holds head down in shame - WriterSD, on 12/24/2008, -1/+18I'm glad they caught him so quickly (and I'm hoping he was the source of the other shootings, too.) That was really scary stuff. I just wish people like that would not take out their anger on innocent bystanders. :(
- reland1, on 12/24/2008, -2/+18Now this is interesting . . . if he turns out out be the killer. This is in my neck of the woods. Thanx, Badqat.
- Spor, on 12/24/2008, -1/+15I think we Diggers from Utah should just be happy it isn't a Mormon or polygamy story. That is all this state is known for. Anytime I travel anywhere the first questions I'm asked are: "Do you have like 5 wives?" and "Are you Mormon?"
No, and no. - batmanz, on 12/24/2008, -0/+11I live in Salt Lake, I saw this on the local news last night...they were interviewing some other cops he worked with and they were all like "Oh he seemed so nice, never thought this would happen..." but then they go on to say he had his police certification taken from him last spring for robbery and several DUIs. I mean, come on.
- skews13, on 12/24/2008, -1/+11right, railing against a cop who kills innocent people has to be just another anti authority story. those victims should be glad we have heros like him out there.
- inigomntoya, on 12/24/2008, -0/+10@ElderBieler - you wish!?
As a fellow Utahn, let me tell everyone on Digg that I can BARELY handle one! - thepretext, on 12/24/2008, -0/+10RTFA, it was a Utah cop who decided to ***** up Dallas.
And not like Debbie. - flannelback, on 12/24/2008, -0/+10The war on drugs. Ran off all the guys who wouldn't put an 18 year old in jail for smoking pot, and attracted the guys who really don't care.
- heynow21, on 12/24/2008, -0/+10That's got to be a pretty crappy feeling to think you've killed yourself after a crime spree but then wake up a day later in police custody.
- GovernmentsGun, on 12/24/2008, -0/+9Violence, inherent in the system because they hire violent people to enforce it.
- CaviMike, on 12/24/2008, -0/+9The power?
- twinklyJesus, on 12/24/2008, -2/+11The cop was probably angered by the fact that too many idiots don't know the difference between "there", "their" and "they're".
- thecatcantalk, on 12/24/2008, -5/+13(insert knee-jerk outraged rebuttal insisting that only civilized, decent people become cops...despite an Everest of evidence to the contrary and hundreds of hours of YouTube video showing police officers committing violent crimes while in uniform)
- inactive, on 12/24/2008, -2/+9You hear about cops saving the day ALL the time. That does NOT excuse police corruption or violence, and that does NOT mean it shouldnt' be reported on when it happens. You can't stick your head in the sand for the stories you don't like to hear.
- DeLeon, on 12/25/2008, -0/+7You remember the guy from high school who became a cop? Yea that one...
- bluesman3535, on 12/24/2008, -0/+7Low Standards plus decent benefits/pay equal compliance and secrecy .Many agencies use this formula.
- krellor, on 12/24/2008, -0/+7I've had my share of problems with cops, though I used to work for a PD. I told them some of my encounters with a different PD, and they were pretty shocked, especially when they looked up the cases and reports. You can't really generalize, but I admit, even knowing a bunch of good cops, I have a hard time not getting angry at them as a whole when I see them abuse their positions. Normally I would give an example of some of my negative encounters with cops, but since this is the internet I could say "I had cereal for breakfast" and some assclown would call BS on it, so whatever.
- GovernmentsGun, on 12/24/2008, -0/+6Where else could you go if you want to join in on violence against others legally? Government!
Government is based on the threat of violence. It's a natural fit. - CylonsOfTheLamb, on 12/24/2008, -0/+6DFW is still a lot safer than Detroit. A friend of mine from my days in the Army lives in Detroit, and he's always telling me about his crazy days at work. He works as a tail gunner on a bread truck.
- jsffive, on 12/24/2008, -1/+7I would just like to note, on this Christmas Eve, that the centurions who hung Jesus on the cross were the cops of their day.
The police are wards of the state, trading their humanity for a paycheck. They do Caesar's dirty work, and they don't deserve anyone's respect. They get all the respect they need with the badge and gun.
If we got rid of all the drug laws, and the speeding laws, they wouldn't know what to do with themselves. One day they will be replaced by robots, and we will be far better off for it.
Where were our brave and intrepid police, when we were being lied into a war with a nation that never attacked us?
They were out on the road, writing tickets, and collecting money for the Governor.
If there's any justice in this Universe, the guy will turn out to NOT be guilty of the crime, but have to do the time anyway. It would serve him right for being a sell-out. - inactive, on 12/24/2008, -0/+6Nope, theft and drinking on the job. RTFA champion.
- inactive, on 12/24/2008, -0/+6You may not be and the people that use this website might not be...but the state IS predominantly Mormon and the majority of people that live there are Mormon. Look at the stats, I've seen numbers from 60 - 75 percent. Don't get offended when people ask questions like that when you choose to live in a place with a cultural stereotype.
http://www.allaboutmormons.com/number_of_mormons.p ...
(State - Percent LDS) (State - Number of LDS)
Utah - 72% Utah - 1,720,434 - eurodele, on 12/24/2008, -3/+9No surprise here, really. Just another shining example of the kind of person employed by "our" boys in blue.
With a few notable exceptions, the police have always been more of a liability than an asset to the public at large. Too many psychopaths, not enough responsibility or answerability to the public. As paid enforcers of the status quo, they protect only those who benefit from the status quo...and as we all know, the main beneficiaries of the status quo are the rich and powerful.
Few citizens are fully aware of it, but "protecting the innocent" and "defending the public" aren't in the police mandate, never were, and never will be. Most police will take any order from any official just to receive another paycheck, and a large percentage will even frame the innocent and lie about them in court. That's why so many "criminals" are now being vindicated by DNA evidence. (And then we have the possibility of innocents framed using their own DNA.)
The average cop will turn on any of his countrymen in a heartbeat just as long as he has a badge and an order behind which to hide. Very sad, but nonetheless true. It doesn't apply to every cop, but it's the reality of the breed as a whole - they gravitate to law enforcement because they like to carry weapons and push people around. - ngmcs8203, on 12/24/2008, -0/+6Badqat?
- FXNGLAS, on 12/24/2008, -0/+6"attempted suicide"
You failed, and Darwin missed... again.
RIP to the two innocents. - rigwit, on 12/24/2008, -0/+5I would never hire someone who has a history of attempted suicide. They have proven themselves to be unreliable.
- bluesman3535, on 12/24/2008, -3/+8All together now........OINK
- maeon3, on 12/24/2008, -6/+11I wonder if this craziness is part of a deeper incompetence problem with the Dallas Police department. There was the issue with Asa Eslocker where police were caught on tape arresting and hauling off the press for trying to film some corrupt senators leaving a hotel on public property.
Watchout for those pigs in the Dallas Police department. Proceed with caution. - CylonsOfTheLamb, on 12/24/2008, -0/+5Yeah, but they've already done a ballistics match with the gun he used to shoot himself and the rounds fired at the trucks on LBJ Fwy. As Ricky said to Lucy, "You got some splainin' to do!"
- Rivetgeek, on 12/24/2008, -0/+5Until you've seen what LA County Sheriffs do to inmates in County lockup, kindly shut the ***** up.
- bluesman3535, on 12/24/2008, -1/+6A bastion of evil, since Ruby was allowed to snuff Oswald.
- SirFoxx, on 12/24/2008, -1/+6When "good cops" cover for the bad ones, which they all do, then they are all bad. I don't care if you're not an ***** with a badge. If you refuse to get rid of the ones who are then that makes you as bad as the corrupt ***** with a badge.
- jsffive, on 12/24/2008, -0/+4No. I'm sorry. But I get to see enough cheer leading for the centurions on TV.
According to the TV, the only thing they do is bust horrible murderers and rapists, and even international terrorists! But they NEVER show the devastation they bring to a pot smoker.
TWO MILLION AMERICANS IN PRISON. And the ones who DON'T go to prison get milked by the government until they can barely survive.
***** the police. They get to drive their STATE-OWNED and STATE-MAINTAINED vehicles home every night, ostensibly for "police presence" in their neighborhoods. And they have NO FRAME OF REFERENCE for how hard it is to maintain an automobile.
When the economic collapse comes, THEY won't lose their jobs. In fact, THEY'LL be working overtime! - batmanz, on 12/24/2008, -1/+5Better than that outburst of that irrational "boycott Utah" crap.
- rkymtnwoman, on 12/25/2008, -0/+4I have to tell you that I have had many bad experiences with cops, in every phase of my life as a woman in the USA. Many are sadistic, voyeuristic, brutal, aggressive bullies and they will lie like hell to CYA and protect each other. I was a cop for a very short time and had to go into therapy for years after that. What an eye opener!
But there have been cops who have been good to me when I needed help too.
They are just people. And they do have a very tough job. They need to be screened by a shrink intensely prior to graduation and then about every year. They need to have very good professional support systems and peer assistance. Their problem is the John Wayne thing of thinking they are too macho to get help when they need it, and covering for each other when they get sick and twisted. - BadAshe86, on 12/24/2008, -0/+4Based on the murder rate, it still is.
- jsffive, on 12/24/2008, -0/+4The punk may actually have to do some time.
Sorry for being so vindictive, but I like the sound of that. - partrow, on 12/25/2008, -0/+4I would like to see the statistics of how many current and ex "law enforcement" people commit crimes every year, compared with other job titles. I can imagine it would be one of the highest percentages. I wonder if they or sports players would be a higher percentage?
- mobling, on 12/24/2008, -1/+5I'm not quite ready to forget about our so called civic servants. I still remember how the chicken ***** ***** took off and ran away from that hell hole of New Orleans. I imagine that they are all back now waiting for the citizens to fund their retirement funds. Why not, they did suck a wonderful job of allowing citizens of this country to die without any help. I may be wrong, as I was told some returned to help strip citizens of their guns. Their only means of protection both from looters and the cops. Protect and serve my ***** ass. More like suck and bleed the taxpayer. If I offended an actual honest cops, then I'm sorry. It's just that there are so ***** few of you.
- sadisticmind, on 12/24/2008, -2/+6i would like sum Ice T but all i got is 50 Cent
- rkymtnwoman, on 12/25/2008, -0/+3It sounds tragically like he was a good guy and got extremely depressed. Everyone said he started drinking and talking about killing himself. Of course, that's the cop/John Wayne all American male way of dealing with depression. Why didn't someone get him some help????
Probably in Utah they wanted to pray it away?
Being a highway patrolman is a very tough job. I have wondered how they go home and try to act normal after seeing all the horrible car wrecks and stuff that they do. And I have to admit that I have given them my fair share of S***T when they stop me.
The real question is - why didn't his buddies on the force or his supervisor help him??? before he got so damn sick!?? Why does mental illness go so GD unrecognized, ignored and untreated in such a land loaded so full of fricking GUNS????
I've written Obama and begged to stop the War on Drugs and start a WAR ON STUPID. People in America need to recognize mental illness and stop putting these people in prison and letting them get homicidal/suicidal FOR GOD's SAKE PEOPLE!! - inactive, on 12/24/2008, -0/+3I don't think someone with a bullet in their brain is waking up anytime soon. He's still in critical care at the hospital on life support.
If ballistics comes back positive at least all they have to do to carry out the sentence is unplug his machinery. - jsffive, on 12/24/2008, -0/+3Yeah? Well if they want to piss and moan about their jobs being too hard, they can quit, and I won't shed a single tear. However, I doubt there are that many night watchmen jobs out there to employ them all. They might actually have to go out and work for a living.
They DON'T make me feel safe when they drive through my neighborhood. They make me feel WATCHED.
Screw the modern-day centurion. - jsffive, on 12/24/2008, -0/+3Except in the case of drunk driving laws. In those cases, you're guilty on the spot.
- rkymtnwoman, on 12/25/2008, -1/+4John McCain attempted suicide.
- inactive, on 12/24/2008, -0/+3RTFA, Utah ex-Highway Patrol wanted in Southlake (near Dallas) for all sorts of crimes. This dude was melting down, pure and simple, and it's a damn shame nobody caught him before he killed 2 innocent people.
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