Of all the high profile police cases recently, this has been one that seems to have gotten a significant percentage of the public agreeing that this cop went overboard. He resigned pretty quickly without a fight. I tend to think he made a good decision there.
I tend to agree. I've dealt with a number of cops and to me they fall into two groups--those always in control of themselves and those who routinely trip all over their peckers. Damned if I can understand why the former puts up with the latter.
This is not good, from a friend on the force in Houston: HOUSTON - An officer with the Houston Police Department was shot during a traffic stop Tuesday. Police said the shooting happened around 6 p.m. in the 4200 block of Main Street near Midtown across from South Main Baptist Church, near a Sears parking lot. Police said they have no indication that anyone saw the shooter. Investigators said the officer was shot in the back. The officer has been identified as Terry Smith, who is a motorcycle officer. The driver Smith pulled over had already left the scene and the officer was chatting with a METRO police officer when he was shot. "The officer was putting away his ticket book and stuff he needed for the traffic stop," HPD Capt. Dwayne Ready said. "He was leaning over into his saddlebag when they heard the pop and it was shortly there after that he felt pain." Officers are gathering surveillance footage from nearby cameras, hoping to find evidence that could lead them to the mysterious shooter. "We're on the hunt for videos as well as other evidence," Ready said. The shooting happened next to a busy METRO rail line, but investigators said they think the shooter was in a car. "We believe at this time, since there wasn't a lot of foot traffic, it's got to be a passing vehicle that fired the rounds," Ready said. HPD chief Charles McClelland said Smith underwent surgery and is in stable condition. McLelland said Smith is expected to make a full recovery. Several officers and family members were at Memorial Hermann Hospital to support Smith. "A small-caliber projectile (was) lodged in his frontal stomach area," McClelland said. The bullet did not hit any of Smith's vital organs. Smith is a 20-year HPD veteran and father of six children. McClelland's concern is that police don't know why Smith was shot. "This is particularly troubling because we don't know how it happened, why it happened at this point," he said. "We're still gathering those facts." Mayor Annise Parker joined McClelland fellow officers and family members who rallied to Smith's side as he went into surgery. "We were pleased to learn that he was awake and alert and communicating when he came in, but they moved him to surgery," Parker said. McClelland and Parker said they don't know yet if Smith was targeted or whether the shooting is connected to tensions between officers and the public in other parts of the country. Douglas Griffith, the vice president of the Houston Police Officer's Union, said he is concerned about these possibilities. "All over the nation you see attacks on police officers for no apparent reason other than they're wearing a uniform," Griffith said. "It saddens me." Stay with KPRC 2 News and Click2Houston.com for more information on this developing story.
No but she probably could have used a couple good clubs to the head. That would have calmed her down and stopped her resisting.
