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You've probably heard there was a suicide by cop up in Fairfax, VA, yesterday. An 18-yr old kid, out on bail, took a rifle and two pistols, and went to the police station. Two officers were critically wounded and one of those died. The news here is making a big deal of the fact that she was a female officer and that she was a mom.
We just had a male officer shot in a suicide by cop, last week, here in Chesterfield. His death received a lot of coverage, but not the same kind of coverage. And I find myself wondering why?
Both were police officers, shot in the line of duty. Why is it a bigger deal because she was a female and a mom? Why isn't it the same when a father dies in the line of duty? It is no less a tragedy for the children or the surviving spouse. Why does the story lead with the fact that she was female, and not that she was an officer? Somehow it seems sexist and does not respect the fact that she was as much an officer as any of her male counterparts, but that's just me.
This is the third suicide by cop that I know of in the past week in our state. A guy was shot the other day after a carjacking and high-speed chase when he refused to drop his weapon and said he would shoot anyone who approached. It turned out to be a fake pistol. The police have no choice, but I wish there were some way to spare them the tragedy of such senseless acts.
We just had a male officer shot in a suicide by cop, last week, here in Chesterfield. His death received a lot of coverage, but not the same kind of coverage. And I find myself wondering why?
Both were police officers, shot in the line of duty. Why is it a bigger deal because she was a female and a mom? Why isn't it the same when a father dies in the line of duty? It is no less a tragedy for the children or the surviving spouse. Why does the story lead with the fact that she was female, and not that she was an officer? Somehow it seems sexist and does not respect the fact that she was as much an officer as any of her male counterparts, but that's just me.
This is the third suicide by cop that I know of in the past week in our state. A guy was shot the other day after a carjacking and high-speed chase when he refused to drop his weapon and said he would shoot anyone who approached. It turned out to be a fake pistol. The police have no choice, but I wish there were some way to spare them the tragedy of such senseless acts.