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Omaha Steve

(99,609 posts)
Tue Feb 18, 2014, 07:11 AM Feb 2014

Sex Offender Kills K9 Officer, Bail Set for 1 Million Dollars


http://www.care2.com/greenliving/sex-offender-kills-k9-officer-bail-set-for-1-million-dollars.html

Lisa Spector February 17, 2014 5:00 pm



January 30th was a sad day for the Pittsburgh Police Department. Flags were lowered to half staff, tears were shed by the entire community, and officer Phil Lerza’s heart was broken. His partner, who happened to have four legs, had been killed in the line of duty.
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The loss of this hard working German Shepherd was no different than the loss of any other police officer that offered his life to protect his community. John L. Rush, a convicted sex offender, stabbed Rocco during an attempted arrest by the police. He also injured two other human police offers while resisting arrest.

After a hard fight at the Pittsburgh Veterinary Specialty & Emergency Center in Ohio Township, Rocco’s body was carried out on a gurney covered with an American flag. A few days later, he was honored at a standing room only funeral service.

Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/sex-offender-kills-k9-officer-bail-set-for-1-million-dollars.html#ixzz2tfeeaRCb


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Sex Offender Kills K9 Officer, Bail Set for 1 Million Dollars (Original Post) Omaha Steve Feb 2014 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author redgreenandblue Feb 2014 #1
Generalizations do no one any good. shedevil69taz Feb 2014 #3
Vale Recursion Feb 2014 #2
But if a Cop doesn't like your dog he shoots it - no harm no foul FreakinDJ Feb 2014 #4
No. Rocco isn't responsible for the behavior of cops magical thyme Feb 2014 #5
So we drape him in a flag while Cops shoots family pets for no reason FreakinDJ Feb 2014 #6
we go after the pet-shooters; we don't take it out on Rocco. nt magical thyme Feb 2014 #8
No....you don't NM_Birder Feb 2014 #10
Good Cops protecting Child Murdering Pigs FreakinDJ Feb 2014 #11
LOL...grow up. NM_Birder Feb 2014 #12
Sex offender AND dog killer. TheMathieu Feb 2014 #7
agreed. nt magical thyme Feb 2014 #9

Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)

shedevil69taz

(512 posts)
3. Generalizations do no one any good.
Tue Feb 18, 2014, 07:25 AM
Feb 2014

My neighbors and good friends have dogs and routinely go way out of their way to causing undo harm to furbabies whenever they encounter them.

 

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
5. No. Rocco isn't responsible for the behavior of cops
Tue Feb 18, 2014, 08:55 AM
Feb 2014

He didn't deserve doing his job. He found many explosives on the job, and saved many lives as a result.

 

NM_Birder

(1,591 posts)
10. No....you don't
Tue Feb 18, 2014, 09:09 AM
Feb 2014

I understand that not every "cop" is a bullet slinging thug that shoots family pets for no reason.
I respect the work the police do, you never hear of the HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of times the police protect the general public.

So no, YOU don't drape him in the flag, you judge the majority of good police, according to the minority of bad ones.

 

NM_Birder

(1,591 posts)
12. LOL...grow up.
Tue Feb 18, 2014, 01:13 PM
Feb 2014

adult life is going to smack you hard with that kind of narrow minded philosophy, but that attitude is probably just for effect, that's my guess anyway. Overplayed your outrage, showed ignorance instead.

What's you opinion of politicians ? same as "Child Murdering Pigs " ? Some are criminals, so all are fucked ?
Bet you like to call yourself a Democrat huh ?


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