Posts Tagged ‘died’
NYPD Shooting In Harlem Revisited
June 4th, 2009 | 
Author: I see that Gov. David Paterson has called for a thorough investigation but has stopped short of saying that race was a factor. Ok. I will accept that pending the investigation.
He was however, quoted as adding that the shooting was not deliberate.
Not deliberate? How does that work then? Read the rest of this entry »
NYPD Cop Fatally Shot By Fellow Officer
It seems the boys in blue have been at it again. An off-duty police officer saw a man breaking into his car and a struggle ensued. When the man broke free the officer (Omar Edwards) pulled his gun and gave chase. That seems a perfectly legitimate thing to do. After all he was a police officer.
A plain clothes patrol unit in an unmarked car saw the chase and stopped. Which is where it all started to go pear-shaped. Now obviously what should have happened is that these officers should have identified themselves. Did they? Nobody knows yet. Time will tell.
But… if they did identify themselves how likely is it that a fellow police officer would ignore that identification rather than identify himself? In Harlem? He’d identify himself pretty damn quick I should think. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: America, cop, died, friendly fire, Harlem, New York, Omar Edwards | 
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Number Six Has Died
Number Six (US born but British raised actor Patrick McGoohan) has died at the age of eighty. He starred in a cult British TV series “The Prisoner” which also aired in the US in 1967 I believe. The show was an original concept back then and remains so to this day. I can’t think of anything offhand even remotely similar. Read the rest of this entry »