Three Pittsburgh police officers murdered

[ph4ever]

How awful. Thoughts and prayers to those left behind.

[karat]

My thoughts are with the Pittsburgh Police Department and their families.

This is all that was on tv yesterday. The whack job, yes whack job, was military and according to his friend did not like our government and felt it was all screwed up. why would you go work for the gov't?

No. The "whack job" was not military.

He was dishonorably discharged during recruit training three years ago. He never became a Marine. He might not have even fired a weapon before he was removed from training.

If Poplawski was afraid that someone was going to take his firearms, it is not because the government is picking on him, it is because he never should have had them in the first place. Both a dishonorable discharge and a court protective order prohibit possession of a firearm.

As to why any of us would work for the government? There are as many potential answers as there are government employees.

He was still enlisted and accepted by the Marines...may not have made it through basic
The report quoted Mrs. Poplawski as saying her son, after being kicked out of the Marine Corps for assaulting his drill sergeant during basic training, had been "stockpiling guns and ammunition, buying and selling the weapons online, because he believed that as a result of the economic collapse, the police were no longer able to protect society"....."a discharged Marine, armed himself with an assault rifle, a .22-caliber rifle and a revolver and was wearing a bulletproof vest when he gunned down the officers."

[karat]

So brings the questions of..... When are you considered military? If you were kicked out of military are you not EX-____?

[Spider Johnson]

So brings the questions of..... When are you considered military? If you were kicked out of military are you not EX-____?

I dunno you tell me...if you tried out for a job and only lasted a few weeks and were washed out of the training program (with what ammounts to a felony conviction) long before completing the BASIC training qualifications. before going on to learn skills in the job, to earn the title of being an Airman, Coast Guard, Marine, Sailor, Soldier, Policeman, Fireman, or doctor, teacher, or anything else? Do you really think a few weeks in "basic training" of anything, qualifies one for being called and "Ex" or former anything?

What does that say about the professionals that do/did successfully complete said programs and service, and then went on to do other things or retired? Would you really want to put those who wash out/flunk out in only a few weeks, disgrace themselves, the job, their potential brothers and sisters, and others in the same category?

As pointed out elsewhere, he never was a Marine. He was a Marine Corps Basic Candidate/Trainee and he did not even come close to completing that. He washed out/flunked out in a very bad way.

Phin power and condolences to the friends, family, fellow officers of those whose lives were so tragically and needlessly taken away.

[karat]

Shooters mother to be held accountable - she told the police there were no weapons in the house.

[I'm an Altered Boy]

Shooters mother to be held accountable - she told the police there were no weapons in the house.

It say's that she told the 911 call taker that he had guns but the information wasn't relayed to the police.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09097/961068-53.stm

[karat]

Shooters mother to be held accountable - she told the police there were no weapons in the house.

It say's that she told the 911 call taker that he had guns but the information wasn't relayed to the police.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09097/961068-53.stm

Yes that was said later this morning, not the day before... now 911 is being held accountable, nothing like supporting your team!

[warmsugar]

It's nice to see some local stores are giving away those small blue bulbs to be used in support of the men in blue. You are to place them in those welcome lights people have. I ran to get the blue bulbs I had packed in Christmas stuff. I did the 3 in memory of the 3 lost.

[big john]

A large group of police from York county, PA left early this morning to help with
crowd control and security during services for the police in Pittsburgh.

[karat]

http://kdka.com/video/?id=55718@kdka.dayport.com

[karat]

http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/36791/5m ... =20071003#

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