Breaking: Police Shot in Baton Rouge

[ArcadiaGP]

All three officers identified

Baton Rouge Police shooting: 3 officers killed, suspect dead | WSB-TV

 

[numbaonecoltsfan]

it means" one of those bad guns that shoot people all by themselves"

CNN keeps calling a long gun. No mention of AR or "assault" weapon

 

[SnoopLoggyDog]

Military Service info on the alleged shooter...

 

[chipbennett]

So can I call conservatives that say similar to things the KKK, Klan-ish (/purple). I mean that's the logic we're using right? The Klan has lots of conservative talking points, outside their racial rhetoric, is it fair to call those that disavow the klan, who aren't racists, and yet have similar stances on certain things, klan-ish?

kut (doesn't think so, and points out flawed logic)

Unrelated, but I thought I would mention it here: I want to give President Obama credit where it is due. I haven't heard or read the entirety of his comments, but given what I did read, I have to say that he made entirely appropriate remarks about today's attack. Sure, there was the usual "we don't know the motive", but he didn't attempt to politicize the attack, didn't call for gun control, and actually addressed the situation with appropriate tone and content.

Chip (who is highly critical of most of what Obama says and does, but tries to give credit where it is due - and who is blatantly stealing Kut's valediction method)

 

[pudly]

Has this been declared a terrorist attack yet?

Not by the president, who once again can't figure out their motivation:

 

[churchmouse]

"O" may be advised to tone it down after what he did in Dallas.
If I was advising him () that is what I would tell him.

 

[Kutnupe14]

Unrelated, but I thought I would mention it here: I want to give President Obama credit where it is due. I haven't heard or read the entirety of his comments, but given what I did read, I have to say that he made entirely appropriate remarks about today's attack. Sure, there was the usual "we don't know the motive", but he didn't attempt to politicize the attack, didn't call for gun control, and actually addressed the situation with appropriate tone and content.

Chip (who is highly critical of most of what Obama says and does, but tries to give credit where it is due - and who is blatantly stealing Kut's valediction method)

i notice that as well (no gun comment). Honestly, he really just looked tired.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

i notice that as well (no gun comment). Honestly, he really just looked tired.

Provoking the next mass murderer takes a lot out of community organizer.

 

[Kutnupe14]

Provoking the next mass murderer takes a lot out of community organizer.

I haven't seen him provoke the first one.

 

[KellyinAvon]

Military Service info on the alleged shooter...

Exactly 5 years active duty. 4 year enlistment and a 12 month extension maybe, just seems odd. Not as odd as honorable discharge and murdering Cops, we've seen that twice now.

 

[phylodog]

Hmmm. Why the different response to this shooting than the one in Dallas? I know....one of the B.R. officers murdered was black. His give a **** switch must have been flipped on as a result.

 

[KellyinAvon]

i notice that as well (no gun comment). Honestly, he really just looked tired.

Maybe he played 36 holes today.

 

[RugerRog]

Wow, so we just got back from a long weekend away, and there was another attack in France, a Coup in Turkey, and this. RIP to the Officers who lost their lives today. Very sad last few days, and weeks.

 

[Que]

Not that I can find. Give us the highlights if you are able.

Please

I will wait and see, but a colleague from that area is talking about a shootout that happened between two men prior to the police showing up that hasn't been reported yet. It sounded like something that should have been reported already.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

I haven't seen him provoke the first one.

So, we are pretending what Obama said about Ferguson or prior incidents did not transpire?

 

[SnoopLoggyDog]

Exactly 5 years active duty. 4 year enlistment and a 12 month extension maybe, just seems odd. Not as odd as honorable discharge and murdering Cops, we've seen that twice now.

My initial Active Duty tour was 5 years and 7 months. Originally started out as a 4 year enlistment. Extended for a 3 year PCS to the UK with a follow-on 6 month PCS to Idaho.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

So, even worse, then: police are being assaulted at a constant rate, while the overall population rate of such assaults continues to decline.

With firearms, pretty much. There are up years and down years but there's no discernible trend. It just bounces up and down a bit. There is a general decline in assaults, but the lion's share is in unarmed assaults. I suspect the Taser may help explain those dropping numbers. Thugs knew you couldn't shoot them for punching you. Now they know you can Tase them for acting aggressively and Tasing really hurts. When Tasers were knew you could instantly tell when you were dealing with someone who'd already been Tased by a different officer for fighting, as they were quick to mention it and tell you they were cooperative today.

 

[Fargo]

I will wait and see, but a colleague from that area is talking about a shootout that happened between two men prior to the police showing up that hasn't been reported yet. It sounded like something that should have been reported already.

Alpo referenced a report to that effect from the huff post a couple pages back which was largely dismissed based on the source. Haven't heard anything further about it till your post.

 

[printcraft]

So, we are pretending what Obama said about Ferguson or prior incidents did not transpire?

It's like Voldemort.

 

[drillsgt]

In before the "police work isn't dangerous" crowd.

Franks back with a page out of the don't let a good crisis go to waste tactic, nice taking this opportunity to bash Ingo members you don't agree with.