Thugs targeting cops
Driven by the divisiveness promoted by Sharpton, Jackson, Holder, de Blasio and others - thugs are now targeting cops.
Here is our local story... I am sure we will continue to endure further unfortunate instances nationwide.
Durham officials troubled by apparent targeting of police officers
http://www.wral.com/durham-officials-troubled-by-apparent-targeting-of-police-officers/14317911/
Police and Durham officials said Tuesday that they are disturbed by two shootings within four days in which police officers appeared to have been targeted by gunmen.
Last Thursday night, Officer J.T. West was sitting in his patrol car on Lakeland Street when two men approached his vehicle from behind. As West got out of his car, one of the men pulled out a gun and fired six shots at West, who dove for cover. West wasn't wounded in the incident and managed to return fire as the two men fled, police said.
On Monday afternoon, someone fired a shot at the apartment of an off-duty officer. The officer wasn't wounded, but a sliding glass door to his dining room was shattered. The unidentified officer said he saw a man running into some nearby woods after the shooting.
The shootings come in the wake of the Dec. 20 deaths of two New York City police officers by a gunman who allegedly wanted retaliation for the deaths of black men at the hands of white police. The suspected gunman later committed suicide.
Durham Police Chief Jose Lopez called the Christmas night attack on West "an attempted assassination," echoing New York officials' characterization of the deaths of Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu as assassinations.
Durham City Councilman Eugene Brown said he also was troubled by the two local incidents.
"The police are there for a reason, and that's to protect the public," Brown said. "For a sentiment like this to overtake the good work that the vast majority of them do as police officers is alarming."
Driven by the divisiveness promoted by Sharpton, Jackson, Holder, de Blasio and others - thugs are now targeting cops.
Here is our local story... I am sure we will continue to endure further unfortunate instances nationwide.
Durham officials troubled by apparent targeting of police officers
http://www.wral.com/durham-officials-troubled-by-apparent-targeting-of-police-officers/14317911/
Police and Durham officials said Tuesday that they are disturbed by two shootings within four days in which police officers appeared to have been targeted by gunmen.
Last Thursday night, Officer J.T. West was sitting in his patrol car on Lakeland Street when two men approached his vehicle from behind. As West got out of his car, one of the men pulled out a gun and fired six shots at West, who dove for cover. West wasn't wounded in the incident and managed to return fire as the two men fled, police said.
On Monday afternoon, someone fired a shot at the apartment of an off-duty officer. The officer wasn't wounded, but a sliding glass door to his dining room was shattered. The unidentified officer said he saw a man running into some nearby woods after the shooting.
The shootings come in the wake of the Dec. 20 deaths of two New York City police officers by a gunman who allegedly wanted retaliation for the deaths of black men at the hands of white police. The suspected gunman later committed suicide.
Durham Police Chief Jose Lopez called the Christmas night attack on West "an attempted assassination," echoing New York officials' characterization of the deaths of Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu as assassinations.
Durham City Councilman Eugene Brown said he also was troubled by the two local incidents.
"The police are there for a reason, and that's to protect the public," Brown said. "For a sentiment like this to overtake the good work that the vast majority of them do as police officers is alarming."
