On the heels of the assassination of Harris County Deputy Darren Goforth in Texas, as advocated by Black Lives Matter (click the video), we have another cop shot purposely.
Unlike Deputy Goforth however, this officer was not killed.
From TheBlaze.com:
Las Vegas Cop Shot ‘Ambush-Style’ While Sitting in Patrol Car at Traffic Light; Officer Hit in Hand, in Stable Condition
by Dave Urbanski
A Las Vegas police officer is in stable condition Sunday after being shot in the hand “ambush-style” while he and a fellow officer sat in a patrol car at a traffic light, KTNV-TV said.
The suspect is in custody, police said.
Police told KTNV the suspect — who’s in custody — approached the cruiser just after noon and fired three shots “ambush-style” at the officers who had just departed the scene of a disturbance call. The officers fired no shots, police told the station.
The officer hit by gunfire was in stable condition at a hospital.
The update to the story indicates:
UPDATE 8:01 p.m. ET: The suspect in connection with the Las Vegas police shooting is a Hispanic male, Undersheriff Kevin McMahill said at a news conference Sunday, KSNV-TV reported.
The man’s identity has not been confirmed, McMahill added, and a motive has not been determined.
When the shooting started, the officers figured their patrol car had been rear-ended by another vehicle, McMahill explained. When they knew they were being fired at, he said they exited the cruiser and one officer chased down and arrested the suspect. The man had ditched a Springfield handgun which was later located, McMahill said.
Black Lives Matter should be happy it’s getting its way. Evidence indicates that some persons previously considering a job in law enforcement are reconsidering. From FoxNews.com:
‘Who needs this?’ Police recruits abandon dream amid anti-cop climate
by Edmund DeMarche
Police departments face a recruiting shortage amid a growing anti-cop mood that some fear has taken the pride out of peacekeeping and put targets on the backs of the men and women in blue.
Open calls for the killing of police have been followed by assassinations, including last week’s murder in Texas of a Harris County sheriff’s deputy. Instead of dialing back the incendiary rhetoric, groups including “Black Lives Matter” have instead doubled down at demonstrations with chants of “Pigs in a blanket, fry em like bacon.” Public safety officials fear the net effect has been to demonize police, and diminish the job.
Millennials, who are not motivated by sacrifice on a good day unless they’ve served in the military, are indeed saying “who needs this?”
“You no longer just have to worry about your life while in uniform,” he said. “Now you have to be worried about the well-being of your family.”
That would possibly involve the recent planned murder of an Abilene PD officer inside his own home. More on this later.
“I saw all this anti-cop propaganda and I was like, ‘Who needs this?’” said Antonio, a New Yorker who asked that only his first name be used. The 32-year-old had applied and been accepted into the NYPD academy, but withdrew his candidacy amid the cop-bashing climate sweeping the country.
Recruiting in a number of areas is down as much as 50%. Some departments have seen a 90% drop in recruitment.
With over 40 years in law enforcement, I’ve seen this occur before. Here’s what will happen, guaranteed: agencies will lower standards again and begin the cycle anew of poor candidates who make poor recruits who make poor officers who make poor Sergeants and Lieutenants and then agency managers. All along the way they make poor decisions and fellow officers, the profession and the communities suffer. Internal Affairs/Professional Standards cases skyrocket. People in law enforcement who tell you this won’t happen are liars.
Law enforcement is no different from any other business, private or public. It has a remarkably short industrial memory and tends to make the same mistakes again and again. Liability, however, is the “ruling grade,” so to speak, in law enforcement and exposure comes in the Risk Triumvirate.
There is 1) Negligence in Hiring; 2) Negligence in Training and 3) Negligence in Retention.
At this point, quite shortly, American law enforcement is going to Groundhog Day “negligence in hiring” all over again.
BZ
I didn’t read this whole article, however I would like to put my feelings out here. The other day, not long after the Texas officer was murdered, I was driving to work and saw an officer in pursuit of a driver. I began praying for the officer and his safety and the driver of the car, that he would be cooperative. I busted out in tears as I was approaching the area where a few months ago an officer here in Cincinnati lost his life to a gunman. I had to pull over, that is how hard I was sobbing. This is angering me, as I am sure it is all who value life and have respect for people. I am a Christian and have a close relationship with The Lord and I have been seeking Him diligently regarding this cop/society thing going on. All I know for now, is God created us all and He knows the plans He has for us, not to harm us but to prosper us. He knew us before we were in our mother’s womb. He knew the hour we were conceived and the hour we would be born and knows the time and day we will take our last breath on this earth. He also knows how we will die. I KNOW that His Word states, trust Him, who can be against us when He is for us? Stay strong and don’t lean on our own understanding, know that God goes before us and He fights our battles. That is why we need to bring America back to One Nation Under God! Remember, we are not the chosen people, the people of Israel are the chosen! I am beginning to ramble. I will stop for now. Love through Christ, Dawn
Thank you Dawn for your insight and willingness to share here. Because we are people and because we are flawed, this is going to get worse before it gets better. As many people know, life is cyclical. I’ve seen this all before and likely you have too.
The big difference is that much of this isn’t just building in one city or two; one state or two, one nation or two. It’s building globally. And I submit that much of what’s occurring has to do with a lack of respect in our lives, a lack of discipline in our lives, a lack of organization and acknowledgment of authority in our lives, a lack of belief in a higher authority in our lives. I believe in God. I believe that in the need for respect for a higher authority because Man is indeed flawed and requires a constant reminder of his nature. That is why I believe in the Ten Commandments, because they are an anchor from which to live one’s life in a “good way.”
We are seeing two movements, simultaneously, that are on their face both conflicting and unintuitive unless examined. Certainly counterintuitive. One, is that man is moving wholesale away from religion and making the human being the center of the universe, disavowing any real religion at all. The second is that some people are so thirsty for organization and structure that they are moving towards another direction entirely.
It’s no secret that, for example, the Catholic church is self-destructing. It is being eaten away from within. Its newest Pope seems to be moving away from classic tract and embracing a new paradigm whilst ignoring the corruption inside. The Catholic church is losing members because of a continuing lack of form and structure, in my opinion.
Let me make one thing very obvious and with clarity: Islam is more than willing to fill that vacuum. It offers form, structure, organization and a sense of belonging that few others do. It appeals to the wanton and the violent nature in Man. That is why it is becoming increasingly popular around the planet. And why I tend to focus on it.
In a way, this gets down to what I call an extreme lack of introspection or self-examination. This, in my opinion, runs rampant in the young urban black male community and is partly responsible for its serious problems. Problems that I’m not sure can be corrected at this point, and symptomatic of a larger set of problems as delineated above.
This is a time when good is disdained and made fun-of. This is a time when base human emotions are held on pedestals as an ideal. When we remove religion from any human equation — we also remove the Standards For Behavior.
I went “macro” for a moment; let me bring it down.
This distills down to, right now, here and now, that cops are going to have a continued problem with uncivil behavior as are our cities and segments of other towns and areas.
Things are going to get worse before they get better. It is the nature of Man.
BZ
Sadly, you’re right… DC being a prime example of what happens when you lower requirements… Honestly, I wouldn’t recommend my family members look at LEO as a career right now.
Frankly, neither would I. I was lucky enough to see my department at its strongest, its most compassionate, its most logical and responsive. Now, its helmed by test-takers who are interested in their own self-promotion and self-aggrandizement. Most managers are bean counters and not cops. They embraced self-promotion and disdained the uniform.
BZ