this happened a few days back...if theres already a thread I musta missed it...just figured it was big enough news for a thread...the last time a Charlotte Mecklenburg Police was killed before the other night was like 91-93 or something...a good 10-12 years back at least

So I heard today (cause i hadnt been following too closely) that the guy shot them both in the back of the head...they didnt even draw their guns...thats fucked up...even more fucked up than if had been a shootout, if that makes sense...anyway a tragedy...its all over http://www.charlotte.com if you havent heard

anyway, thought i'd make a thread

heres one of the recent stories http://charlotte.com/109/story/72778.html but there are plenty on charlotte.com

[Edited on April 3, 2007 at 9:48 PM. Reason : .]

4/3/2007 9:48:09 PM

well thats not good for business

4/3/2007 9:53:40 PM

people get shot every day

4/3/2007 10:03:59 PM

prayers to their families

im betting this is gang related

4/3/2007 10:04:31 PM

^^but no cops have been shot dead in charlotte in over 10 years

but that is actually a good point...cops shot and killed two people on sunday in charlotte and it hardly made the news...its a double standard in some sense of media coverage, but i dont know the details so i cant really speculate much

4/3/2007 10:27:07 PM

i have no clue what happened...but shot in the back of the head without their guns drawn sounds like execution

4/3/2007 10:32:35 PM

^basically...but it sounded like he snuck up on them

also if you watch News14 for like 10-15 minutes im sure you'll see some coverage

[Edited on April 3, 2007 at 10:36 PM. Reason : .]

4/3/2007 10:33:38 PM

Quote :

"cops shot and killed two people on sunday in charlotte and it hardly made the news"

That's because these two cops were innocently doing their job when they were shot and killed.
Many of the people killed by cops are criminals.
(Not that they deserve to be shot, but it's not really comparable as far as being newsworthy.)

4/3/2007 11:19:53 PM

so youre saying that their lives are more important than others?

4/3/2007 11:23:55 PM

im sure these are 2 completely different situations that dont really deserve to be compared

doods killing cops for no reason is not good
cops killing doods for no reason is not good

4/3/2007 11:25:13 PM

obviously no human life is more important than another, although I expected a response like that.


it's not the "importance" of their lives that matters,

it's what they were doing when their lives were taken.




I'm not saying it's right- it's just why the media is all over it.

4/4/2007 1:06:16 AM

yes...some peoples lives are more important than others. now if either of the deceased died innocently, then justice needs to be handed down. i doubt the cops were up to no good when they were shot in the back of the head.

4/4/2007 1:11:52 AM

Quote :

"some peoples lives are more important than others"

wow, that is come cold hearted shit right there

4/4/2007 1:19:15 AM

^yet it's still true

4/4/2007 1:30:30 AM

Mr. Pink: Did you kill anybody?
Mr. White: A few cops.
Mr. Pink: Any real people?
Mr. White: No, just cops.

4/4/2007 5:34:18 AM

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"Demeatrius Antonio Montgomery"

lol?

4/4/2007 9:43:31 AM

lol?

4/4/2007 9:44:11 AM

The kid that shot them also had quite the criminal record. He was a repeat offender that probably should have been locked up long ago, but crowded jails are becoming a huge problem.

Quote :

"cops shot and killed two people on sunday in charlotte and it hardly made the news...its a double standard in some sense of media coverage"

They shot them because they were a threat to society. That happens alot, sadly. But 2 cops being shot responding to a call and didn't even have the chance to draw their guns (and one had a child on the way).... no wonder the media's all over that. And no cops had been killed in that city in years.

4/4/2007 9:50:57 AM

to fucking bad, people, innocent people with no crime history are killed daily because of fucking stupid ass cops

they may not have deserved it but this is by no fucking means any more of a story than a normal person

4/4/2007 9:59:21 AM

karmax

4/4/2007 10:17:29 AM

Quote :

"The kid that shot them also had quite the criminal record"

yeah but nothing TOO serious...nothing that would lead you to believe he was just going to all of a sudden murder two cops

4/4/2007 10:40:15 AM

i dont know man, i can't really sympathize with too many cops nowadays


http://www.lewrockwell.com/grigg/grigg-w10.html

http://www.newsobserver.com/1419/story/535805.html

http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/03/16/groom.shooting/index.html

4/4/2007 11:02:48 AM

^i've heard too much about the 3rd case to feel bad for the groom...he was getting married to leave town so he wouldnt be killed by the jamaican queens dealers whose turf he was selling on

4/4/2007 11:55:52 AM

i could find similiar articles as posted above of cops killing innocent people and that is just around my home city and state

shit happens a lot more then people think, it just gets swept underneath the carpet

4/4/2007 12:13:42 PM

BLUE WALL OF SILENCE

4/4/2007 12:51:19 PM

shit that sucks. I gotta go home there for break...

4/4/2007 12:51:47 PM

^i got your back

4/4/2007 1:21:23 PM

i feel bad for all parties involved

4/4/2007 1:38:49 PM

Quote :

"The kid that shot them also had quite the criminal record. He was a repeat offender that probably should have been locked up long ago, but crowded jails are becoming a huge problem."

"Montgomery has accrued an adult police record of several misdemeanors since he was 16 years old. His arrest history includes running from police, resisting arrest and bumping an officer in the chest.

Montgomery had never been charged with a felony as an adult in North Carolina until Sunday."

yeah... wow... look at that record. he should've been locked up for bumping a cop in the chest. he's a regular charles mansion.

[Edited on April 4, 2007 at 2:05 PM. Reason : ]

4/4/2007 2:05:12 PM

i heard the details of the "bumping a cop in the chest" story

basically he was walking down the sidewalk with an open beer...cop saw him...told him to pour it out/throw it away...he stood there and drank the whole thing and threw the can on the ground and then took off...cop chased him...he then ran at the cop and shoved him and the cop grabbed him and basically tackled and arrested him...for some reason i thought that particular story was funny

4/4/2007 2:08:30 PM

^^Yeah, my initial response was that he should been locked up at one time or another.

And then I thought about it and realized that it was just a bunch of misdemeanors, and that if he really did need to go to prison, they would have sent him to prison.

[Edited on April 4, 2007 at 2:12 PM. Reason : I'm betting he's got an untreated personality disorder...]

4/4/2007 2:11:59 PM

^^ if true, that is fucking hilarious!

4/4/2007 2:13:09 PM

basically he was walking down the sidewalk with an open beer...cop saw him...told him to pour it out/throw it away...he stood there and drank the whole thing and threw the can on the ground and then took off


then later shot two cops execution style in the back of the head!? damn get this kid a record deal already

4/4/2007 2:19:42 PM

that would be fairly gangsta

4/4/2007 2:20:53 PM

4/4/2007 2:47:26 PM

One of their visitations is going on at Calvary Church (the big pink one).


Stupid helicopter, stop hovering over my house!

4/4/2007 4:28:27 PM

Quote :

"I'm betting he's got an untreated personality disorder"

oh PLEASE...

4/4/2007 6:01:17 PM

^yeah thats a pretty weak copout (no pun int.)

^^lsts til 7:30...then the other officers is tomorrow, also at calvalry

4/4/2007 6:22:27 PM

oh come on, you intended that pun

4/4/2007 7:29:21 PM

nah i always use the word copout when i think somebody's excuse is lame as hell

4/4/2007 7:39:59 PM

I'm just tryna think of an explanation...I still think he should go to prison if guilty.

4/5/2007 5:22:01 AM

nevermind I misread something

[Edited on April 5, 2007 at 6:51 AM. Reason : .]

4/5/2007 6:38:31 AM

http://www.charlotte.com/109/story/80290.html

is this really an important part of the story?

4/10/2007 12:15:25 PM

yeah, that's crazy. My mom called me and told me about that yesterday.

I knew that kid Demetrius Montgomery. He went to my high school (south meck). He dropped out in 11th grade I think...

and

Quote :

"yeah but nothing TOO serious...nothing that would lead you to believe he was just going to all of a sudden murder two cops"

this is 100% true in this case. I'm not defending what the guy did. That was wrong. But knowing the guy, he definately wouldn't strike you as a cop killer. I guess he was caught up in the situation.

4/10/2007 12:27:05 PM

Damn, had no idea he went to South. I guess my school was sketchier than I thought.

4/10/2007 5:20:19 PM

^^^ jesus, that is retarded. what a waste of space if they printed that in the paper.

Quote :

"Charlotte-Mecklenburg police believe the man charged with killing two officers was drinking brandy, smoking cigarettes and listening to music -- possibly a Pastor Troy song called Murda Man --"

SMOKING and listening to music!!? give this kid detention before he goes to jail!

nice that they felt they had to print the lyrics of "Murda Man" to prove how dangerous this kid is

4/10/2007 5:24:51 PM

I think they should fry him and serve with koolaid

4/10/2007 5:28:00 PM

^^^ yep. He would have graduated with me in 2000 if he hadn't dropped out

I think that he spent some time in colorado if I remember correctly.

it's just crazy to think what happens to people that you used to know / what direction their life turns, etc...

[Edited on April 10, 2007 at 5:45 PM. Reason : aha, I just clicked on the link with his past charges. My bad, I'm just repeating shit]

4/10/2007 5:43:58 PM

Maybe the cops were notorious for being assholes in that neighborhood.

4/10/2007 7:11:49 PM