BREAKING: Pima Co. Deputy Dragged, Then Shot, Gets Up And Takes Out Gunman

@Hi_estComnDenomn - okay, I'm done with what I was doing, so now I'll answer your question. The difference between me and those who hate cops is that I recognize that most black people are good and want a better life. There is a very small percentage of blacks who commit the majority of violent crime in this country. FBI stats will back me up on that one. However, I still believe that having over 72%+ of black children growing up without a male figure in the house is something that needs to be addressed, don't you? I just read an article about a black male who fathered over 40+ children that was murdered recently. Seriously, who does something like that?!?! How irresponsible!

Hi_estComnDenomn said: @LEO0301 So all your thoughts and feelings about minorities come from the one municipality you policed? That can't get more narrowminded. And on the other hand, if all a person has seen all their life is cops hassling them and their neighborhood, you find it wrong that they have a wrong perception of all cops? Plesse explain how it's fine for you to judge a group based on experience but not fine for a group to judge cops by their experiences?

I thought I told you to be quiet?

Hmm, I wonder why you had to bring race into the discussion? Anyway, that's a topic for another day. I'll reiterate that policing is a very dangerous occupation. Things happen quickly and there isn't a lot of time to problem solve. You have to react immediately and hope that you live to see another day. Now that everything is video taped, the public (you), get the opportunity to second guess those decisions. I'm sure if I followed you and recorded every moment of your life I could easily find things that you do wrong. Also, what you consider stupid is not necessarily so. I've read your comments and you frequently get it wrong. Even your response to the one above makes me question whether you're responding out of a real concern for the lives of police officers or simply trolling this website. It seems, based on what you just said, that many of the articles and comments on Blue Lives Matter bother you. So why do you continue to read and post responses if you think this is a lovefest for police officers? Be honest, you couldn't care less about police officers. You're here for one reason only and that's to piss off the police officers and pro law enforcement people who come to this website. Please don't try to paint a different picture because we know that it's not true.

well, my name isn't Booger, but I think your question is a good one, so I will respond. I think that Blue Lives Matter, so some of my posts are merely to offer thoughts and prayers to an officer killed or hurt in the line of duty. However, in many cases police officers are not smart about safety of themselves, or of innocent civilians. In fact, I think that a lot of the posts on this board are calculated to encourage officers to not think realistically about their safety and the safety of innocent civilians. Sometimes, I think this site should be called Let's Hero Worship Cops or White Policemen Can Do No Wrong. So, in response, some of my posts are designed to criticize police conduct that is stupid, especially when it makes situations more dangerous than they need to be. I think police officers (especially white male ones) are used to having their egos stroked, so they don't always take criticism very well, but, ultimately, I think it is helpful for them to see it -- especially the younger readers who are generally a bit more impressionable. Blue Lives certainly do Matter, but it is important to apply that maxim in a thoughtful way and not use it as an excuse to be "as stoopid as I wanna be."

Burgers Allday said: I read the thing. His buddy stuck his hand in a car door frame while trying to make a citizen's arrest and got his ring and finger squished when the driver drove away. Deeply stupid on many levels. KHarmon believes his buddy's outlandish account. I don't and you shouldn't either.

If I can't believe him, how am I suppose to believe you? As someone who has been in some very scary and dangerous situations I can tell you that people will do some crazy shit in attempts to hurt or get away from a police officer. So, what I'm telling you, is that I believe KHarmon's story more than I do your opinion as to what happened.

I'm curious Booger, what is your goal posting comments on this site? What do you hope to accomplish?

I read the thing. His buddy stuck his hand in a car door frame while trying to make a citizen's arrest and got his ring and finger squished when the driver drove away. Deeply stupid on many levels. KHarmon believes his buddy's outlandish account. I don't and you shouldn't either.

@Burgers Allday - nope, you still didn't read it with any degree of comprehension. This is what it says " I have a good friend that was trying to stop shop lifting suspects from leaving a parking lot one day and the driver actually grabbed his arm and pulled him into the door" See, it says he was grabbed and pulled into the door. Now, policing is a dangerous job and not for those who are a little squeamish, like yourself. Cops get hurt arresting the bad guys. You can mitigate some of those injuries through training but there is no way to eliminate them completely. The thing you always fail to take into consideration is the fact most of these events take place very quickly and the officer needs to make a decision on what to do within a microsecond. They don't have the luxury of watching a video and playing the Monday morning QB. Only attorneys and minority reverends can do that from the safety of their officer or home.

@LEO0301: I read it. His buddy put his hand in a car door frame and his finger got slammed. I am pretty skeptical about the part about the buddy getting dragged because when people do stupid things they tend to embellish or confabulate, but regardless, the lesson that LEO's should take from KHarmon's story is this: play stupid games, win stupid prizes and don't put your hand in places where people can slam doors or windows upon it. When police officers do that it ends up costing taxpayers money and that is a bad thing that police officers need to understand, even if it makes them feel a bit bad.

Burgers Allday said: @KHarmon: sounds like your friend was pretty reckless. I hope you didn't encourage him to repeat those shenanigans.

@Burgers Allday - I can only assume, once again, that you failed to read @KHarmon comment to you with any degree of comprehension. There is no other explanation other than the distinct possibility you are trolling this site for your own amusement. Which one is it, Burger?

@KHarmon: sounds like your friend was pretty reckless. I hope you didn't encourage him to repeat those shenanigans.