Kissimmee Police Shooting Leaves Two Officers Dead
Source: NY Time
Two police officers have died after being shot Friday night in Kissimmee, Fla., in what the police chief said may have been an ambush while they were responding to a call complaining of suspicious activity on the citys north side.
It was one of three cases on Friday night in which a total of six law enforcement officers were shot in Florida and Pennsylvania.
Everett Glenn Miller was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, Chief ODell said at a news conference on Saturday morning. He was being brought to jail in Officer Baxters handcuffs, the chief said.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/19/us/police-shooting-florida-kissimmee.html
The news here is also full of the shooters rantings on Facebook about hating the police, KKK, and racists.
Way to go idiot, you just confirmed Trumps "both sides" argument.
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)That could make it a hate crime
FLPanhandle
(7,107 posts)He had been posting rants about his hatred of the police on facebook prior to killing the officers.
VMA131Marine
(4,139 posts)Seems to have mental health issues
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)RandiFan1290
(6,235 posts)Nice try though
FLPanhandle
(7,107 posts)It's definitely being used by Trump supporters that way.
RandiFan1290
(6,235 posts)Doesn't prove them right at all
That scumbag is not 'our' side
6000eliot
(5,643 posts)they will cease to control the narrative.
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)hows all those new laws making it easier for idiots and thugs to get and carry guns, working out for ya?
EX500rider
(10,849 posts).....Florida is ranked 20th in homicide rates, so about mid-pack. We only have half the rate Louisiana does.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_in_the_United_States_by_state
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)more idiots with guns equals less gun violence........ geeez!
EX500rider
(10,849 posts)....maybe you see a correlation but I don't:
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)Oh BTW Have u heard,,,,, lowering taxes on the Rich create Jobs?
u trolling the wrong joint!
EX500rider
(10,849 posts)The homicide rate in Europe is 3 per 100,000, the US rate is 4.8 per 100,000.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate
I can cherry pick individual US states for a low rate also:
New Hampshire, 1.1 per 100,000
Maine (bigger then Ireland) 1.7 per 100,000
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_in_the_United_States_by_state
The US is actually below avg and below median for homicides worldwide yet has the highest firearm ownership in the world.
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)you really dont have to be a Rocket surgeon to have enough common sense to know that the more idiots u have have with guns, the gun violence u will have .
and u really dont need to be talking abt anybody cherry picking stats,,,, LMAO
bye
EX500rider
(10,849 posts)ymmv
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Seems rational rather than cherry-picking to compare first world nations with other first world nations. Though no doubt, including the violence and conflict prone nations certainly does validate your agenda.
EX500rider
(10,849 posts)....you can compare the whole US to the whole EU ie: EU 3 per 100,000 vs US 4.7 per 100,000
Or you can cherry pick certain states in those areas I suppose that help your argument.
In which case New Hampshire at 1.1 is on a par with most the cherry picked EU states.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_in_the_United_States_by_state
I'd also point out that the America's are the most violent of countries with a avg rate of 16.3 making the US rate 4,7 quite good in comparison.
And the "first world" vs "3rd world" argument kinda falls apart when you see that Indonesia only has a rate of .5 and Palestine a rate of .6
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate