Calif. sheriff deputy killed in line of duty 26 years to the day his cop father died while on job

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Faux News

The line of duty killing of a Northern California deputy sheriff Friday occurred 26 years to the day his deputy sheriff father died in the line of duty when his helicopter crashed during a pursuit of drug smugglers.

Michael Davis Jr., 42, of the Placer County Sheriff’s Office was 16 when his father was killed on Oct. 24, 1988. Davis followed Michael Davis Sr. into law enforcement when he got older.

Davis was shot to death Friday morning when a 34-year old man went on a shooting rampage in the Sacramento area. Authorities said the gunman also killed a Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputy and wounded two others, Davis’ partner and a 38-year-old Sacramento civilian.

“I looked at my calendar and said, ‘Oh, God,’” Rick Kotholow, a retired Riverside County deputy sheriff told the Riverside Press-Enterprise.

FULL story at link.

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From the left, Placer County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael David Davis Jr. was killed in the line of duty exactly 26 years after his father, Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael David Davis, died in a helicopter crash.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/10/25/calif-sheriff-deputy-killed-in-line-duty-26-years-to-day-his-cop-father-died/

[Historic NY]

1. Sad.

[justhanginon]

2. Very sad. An often times thankless but dangerous job.

He is survived by a wife and two daughters. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.

[shenmue]

3. ...

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. Oh man....that's got to be devastating to the family.

[Blue_In_AK]

5. That's eerie and very sad.

[pretzel4gore]

6. the 'war on drugs' killed vast numbers....

i once read something (i forget the context) regarding the social cost of artificially, through the law, inflating the price of an easily constituted product such as drugs, alcohol or so on...windfall type profits at every transaction turn entire societies in Walter White! Something like 750 thousand americans have died violently in the WOD since 1945- worldwide we're talking millions of deaths caused not by drugs, but by the drug laws, which have been the reactionary right's means to the end (political power) which , by the way, was made even more necessary after the Hitler debacle sort of made fascism unfashionable. Unfortunately, mental illness also has been forced underground, and since drug abuse is a hallmark of madness, it's far too often our front line law enforcement people who are forced to deal with it. Drug abuse is a medical issue, not criminal, and the solution to the misuse of dope should be under the medical establishment, not armed policemen. The laws make cheap boring old drugs worth the weight in gold!
How do the fascist bastards get away with it, generation after generation?

[marble falls]

10. Here's the story about the dad's death:

articles.latimes.cOperation Border Rangerom/1988-10-26/news/mn-57_1_power-line

Interesting.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

9. Yeah, how many did this guy commit?

Disgusting.

[Skittles]

12. some DUers scream about stereotyping unless it is LEO and then all bets are off

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

8. Sad

RIP to this man and his family.

[freshwest]

11. Sad and all that was described at the link was terrifying.

[roody]

13. Another reason to decriminalize drugs.