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Many of you know what I do professionally. Today is a terrible day for my brothers in blue. This occurred just a few minutes from me. If you believe in prayer, please say one for the families. The suspect was 16 or 17.

I am sick to my stomach. There are people on the newspaper blogs that are saying the cops deserved what they got. I do this "calling" to help people who need help or can not defend themselves. Reading about people rejoicing over the murder of four officers makes me sad and dejected.



"OAKLAND, Calif. — Four Oakland, Calif., police officers were shot to death in two separate incidents involving one suspect near the Eastmont police substation Saturday afternoon, law enforcement sources said.

The first shooting happened in the 7400 block of MacArthur Boulevard about 1:16 p.m. PDT when two motorcycle officers were wounded. What led to the shooting was not immediately known.

About 3:20 p.m., two more police officers were hit in an exchange of gunfire with the suspect while trying to take him into custody in the 2700 block of 74th Avenue. That suspect was shot and killed.

Officers were walking to the substation consoling each other, some visibly crying, to attend a news conference at 4:30 p.m. local time.

A man who did not want his name to appear in print and who works at a barber shop on the corner of MacArthur Boulevard and 73rd Avenue, said he heard gunshots from outside and went down the block, where he saw two officers lying on the ground near each other.

“I went over to one officer and saw he was bleeding from his helmet pretty bad,” he said. “The other officer was laying motionless.”

He said the officer lying near a car had two gunshot bullets near in his face. One bullet was lodged in his jaw and the other in his neck.

The man said he proceeded to give the officer CPR until police arrived on the scene.

Dozens of Oakland police, California Highway Patrol officers and Alameda County sheriff deputies had cordoned off stretches of blocks around 73rd and 74th avenues and MacArthur Boulevard. Helicopters hovered for hours over the crime scene. Officers staked out the neighborhood trying to find the suspects involved.

No one could remember when four officers were shot in the line of duty on the same day.

The last time an Oakland officer was killed was in 2004 when William Seuis, 39, died in a hit-and-run crash"

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RIP Brothers in Blue: 3/21/09

Tony my thoughts and prayers are with the affected families and friends. No one deserves to be killed in the line of duty. For someone to say its justified is ignorant and stupid.

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Prayers to the Families, both immediate and uniformed. Im sorry Tony, This is what is happening in my city too. 8 in the past 15 months.

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That is horrible. They'll be in my thoughts.

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Turns out one of the four is on life support. The suspect was actually a 27 year old on parole for assault with a deadly weapon.

Same stuff going on in Philly Tony, paroles killing cops. And everyone is asking, why are they on the street. Again and again.

Hopefully he can pull through.

My thoughts and prayers go out to the families.

We appreciate the men and ladies in blue for striving hard to protect and serve while being underpaid at the same time.

You guys are the fine line protecting the country from pure bedlam and we appreciate you and all that you do.

re.ac.tor

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Tony, our hearts and prayers go out to the 3 fallen officers and their families as well as the officer still hanging on. You guys put your lives on the line everyday for all of us and we truly appreciate it. This makes me worry about you Tony, Patcap, and our other law enforcement officers on this forum, as well as my state trooper son-in-law... may God bless the officers and their families involved in the shootings there and may God keep all of you guys safe!

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