Thanks, Marty, Jim and crews!
Call me silly, but there are numerous reasons I can think of to be glad to be living right here in North Platte, Nebraska. Yes, there are many local whiners out there that can do nowt but carp about how awful they think it is here, but notice that they don't seem to be in any hurry to leave. If we could get them interested in moving, perhaps a one-way ticket to--oh, say--Compton, CA, would be in order.
However imperfect our local law enforcement folks may be, I am grateful we have the ones we have. No way they would be involved in anything like the following story. (As a sidebar: It's pretty scary imagining what happened to the other 116 bullets, isn't it.)
13 LA deputies to be punished for shooting
From the Associated Press via the Seattle Post-Intellegencer (online)
COMPTON, Calif. -- Thirteen sheriff's deputies will be disciplined for firing about 120 shots at an unarmed driver last month, an incident that sparked outrage in the community and prompted some deputies to apologize.
One deputy will be suspended for 15 days. The others will receive shorter suspensions or written reprimands, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca said Thursday.
While some community members hailed the announcement, others said they were disappointed. Lolitha Jones, who held a sign protesting the shooting, said the deputies should have faced tougher measures.
"An ordinary citizen going down the street on a rampage like that would have gone straight to jail," she said.
Winston Hayes, 44, was struck by four bullets in the May 9 shooting, which was captured on videotape following a brief pursuit of Hayes' sport utility vehicle. The vehicle matched the description of one thought to be involved in a previous shooting. It was later determined that Hayes was not involved in that incident.
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View entire story at:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Police%20Shooting&searchdiff=0&searchpagefrom=1
However imperfect our local law enforcement folks may be, I am grateful we have the ones we have. No way they would be involved in anything like the following story. (As a sidebar: It's pretty scary imagining what happened to the other 116 bullets, isn't it.)
13 LA deputies to be punished for shooting
From the Associated Press via the Seattle Post-Intellegencer (online)
COMPTON, Calif. -- Thirteen sheriff's deputies will be disciplined for firing about 120 shots at an unarmed driver last month, an incident that sparked outrage in the community and prompted some deputies to apologize.
One deputy will be suspended for 15 days. The others will receive shorter suspensions or written reprimands, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca said Thursday.
While some community members hailed the announcement, others said they were disappointed. Lolitha Jones, who held a sign protesting the shooting, said the deputies should have faced tougher measures.
"An ordinary citizen going down the street on a rampage like that would have gone straight to jail," she said.
Winston Hayes, 44, was struck by four bullets in the May 9 shooting, which was captured on videotape following a brief pursuit of Hayes' sport utility vehicle. The vehicle matched the description of one thought to be involved in a previous shooting. It was later determined that Hayes was not involved in that incident.
[snip]
View entire story at:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Police%20Shooting&searchdiff=0&searchpagefrom=1
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