There sure have been a lot of views.

Here's a primer for DU.

A lot of people are one issue posters.
A lot of people will judge the "reasons" why a person posted something, especially if they have sparred with someone over the same issue.
A lot of people read without ever responding or reccing. Your views count all of that.
Give it some time. You got recs and responses. That doesn't happen all the time.

But the focus should be on Officer More, not on how many people end up reccing your post.

Posts on Friday nights, Saturdays and Sundays get seen a lot less, and thus fewer recs.

Saturdays don't see much action all day, Sundays typically won't see as much action until later in the evening, and Fridays stop seeing action around 4-5pm.

If that is the case, you really don't know DU

I've been around a lot longer than you might deduce from the information you have.

As for knowing DU, I was surprised at some of the nasty comments below.

It's why I mentioned the time in my response to him. He waited exactly what? 11 minutes before scolding everyone?

How horrible.

I wish him well.

I hope he fully recovers.

K&R

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We don't have special threads for people gunned down everyday because of gun violence, so why are police officers so special?

I'm sick and tired of police officers being treated as Gods while most people who are shot and killed barely make it in the police press release.

I think we can spare a few seconds to honor life over violence.

He as well as his loved ones as well as shooters loved ones all have my sympathy....

... about people gunned down because of gun violence, especially those gunned down by cops.

So a cop who's only "guilt" was being on the job doesn't deserve any compassion, because voicing that compassion equates to his "being treated as a god".

Got it.

. . . Rather, Riverside is refusing to buy into the dishonest agenda of the OP, which was to passive-aggressively suggest that folks here have some particular animus against police officers because we articulate valid criticism of police brutality and excessive use of force.

because he makes it pretty damn clear that he has no sympathy for the officer.

, , , I think the post makes clear that Riverside objects -- as indeed I object -- to any suggestion that the lives of police officers are any more valuable than the lives of anybody else.

link to a post claiming that.
If you want to start a thread for Francisco Lopez, of Ogden UT, or others that were gunned down, then by all means, do so, but don't claim that we're saying what you claim.

particularly human being that deserves his own thread and our support? And what kind of support is being solicited? Good thoughts from a stranger?

We don't know about all of them; not all of them make the news.

In this instance, we DO know about this particular person and what happened to him.

I don't pray. But I see nothing wrong with asking those who do pray to say a prayer for someone who is suffering, and for their families who are dealing with a horrible situation.

If holding a positive thought in your mind for a stranger is too much to ask of you, you can simply not do so. I don't see why you feel a need to disparage those who do.

You don't rule the roost here.

Oh, what? It's 951-Riverside?

Never mind. This dude's just talking to hisself.



Obvious is obvious.

is anyone defending the guy who shot the officer ?

for doing his job.

Folks certainly love having cops around when they need them.

I bet we could save a bunch of tax money by ridding ourselves of law enforcement officers. But even the complainers wouldn't go that far. I bet they would not step up to wear a badge either.

I bet we could save a huge amount of tax money by de-militarizing the police and stop conducting the "war on drugs". Which was never about controlling illegal drug use. If it had been, some progress would have been made in the last 40+ years.
It was/is about selling equipment to different agencies in the government and as a control mechanism on minorities.

PUBLIC SERVANTS are open to criticism by the public. Public servants can be video taped while in the process of doing public service. Discrepancies in service, morality, and individual treatment should be public knowledge. Those who do these things are acting for the public good.

where do we meet?

"He was doing his job, so I shot him in the head."

Just when I think I've heard it all, someone comes along and blows me right the fuck away.

is surely one who'd call another person names from the safety of the chair behind his monitor.

Way to go, Bro. Need another shovel?

And just WTF are you?

Pots and kettles and all of that.

A brave man doing his job. Honorable and admirable...


We needed something like this to happen to remind us that all cops aren't shady, and all chased suspects are not innocent victims...


It takes all kinds, and hopefully the law can sort them out.

have you seen his files from all the forces he has worked for?
There are plenty of violent, sexually-abusing dirty cops out there.

All deaths are sad, cops are not more special than everyone else,

I think of my son, who is not dirty and not likely to plant evidence, etc., and is a good family man....

The plainclothes cop had a dangerous job. I hope he was all I said he was. That's all I could do.

The officer was doing his job...he did not deserve to be shot...no one should be shot...

same day. It sucks for them and it sucks for their family and friends.

I am not religious or superstitious; my 'good thoughts' or 'prayers' are meaningless for him.

So, I am not quite sure what my support is going to do.

There's always an idiot with little or no regard for life waiting to destroy the lives and families of people they don't even know.

It would be a nice thing to have no one shot for a full day...someday.


The assailant hasn't been charged with "asshole"

But something tells me your thread is less about your 'concern' for this particular cop than it is about using his injury as an opportunity to push back against some of the thoroughly justified and valid criticism of excessive police violence many have articulated here. So, I call bullshit on your call for 'support' of this injured officer!

He's the real thing.

Cops don't show remorse when they murder in cold blood, why should we give a shit when one of them goes down?

Why this individual in particular? It appears to deny both support and sympathy for the average 289 other Americans who are killed by gun violence every day. Is there something specific which stands out in the scenario you've presented to us?

Or are we illustrating condolences to someone simply picked at random?

I mean, really!!!!!! How COULD a duer post a thread on one person and not everyone and everything else in the worldAND be doing so they are denying all other DUers from posting a thread on other crime victims!!!!!111

HOW COULD THEY!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111111111

some of the sentiment expressed on DU is downright embarrassing

Officer Moore died. His family lost a father, husband, son. Do you care about them at all, or do you hate the police so much that you don't care?

He'll get a rediculous funeral & this huge out pouring of support for what? Sorry the guy died, now everyone should move on.

Or Michael Brown's? Or Tamir Rice's family?

I didn't see, nor would I expect, anyone on this site to have said "Sorry the guy died, now everyone should move on" for any of those victims.

Are their murderers now sitting in jail without bond, were they labeled as thugs? Was Freddie Grey, Michael Brown, or Tamir Rice given big elaborate funerals & labeled as hero's,? No, they were called thugs, criminals & dragged through the mud. Hell, many of the Freddie Grey threads on here didn't even get noticed.

The police in this country should get the treatment as everyone else not a big hoopla when they die, this is bullshit.

That sounds eerily like the racists that say all young black men are criminals because some are.

Same bigotry, just pointed at a different group; hypocrisy at its finest.

Well, because he was killed in the line of duty and leaves behind a family.

had alot of priors. shouldn't of been out on the street.