Memphis officer shot and killed during traffic stop

[T.Lex]

I searched, but found no thread on this. If I missed it, mods please merge.

Authorities identify suspect wanted in fatal shooting of Memphis police officer during traffic stop | Fox News

The alleged gunman who shot and killed a Memphis police officer during a traffic stop was free on supervised release stemming from a bank robbery conviction, FOX13 reported.
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Officer Sean Bolton, a 33-year-old former Marine who served a tour in Iraq, may have interrupted an illicit drug transaction when he encountered a Mercedes-Benz illegally parked on a Memphis street Saturday night, Police Director Toney Armstrong said at a Sunday evening press conference.
After Bolton illuminated the Mercedes with his spotlight, he approached the vehicle and was confronted by its passenger, who allegedly shot Bolton multiple times after a struggle, the director said.
Armstrong told reporters that 1.7 grams of marijuana was found inside the vehicle.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Tremaine Wilbourn, 29, was sentenced to 121 months in prison in February for the robbery. But Wilbourn, who had also been arrested in 2014 on a charge of aggravated robbery, paid a fine and agreed to mental health treatment on July 7.

That's some good lawyerin' right there.

I just had a guy plead out on an armed robbery charge. He held a handgun in body contact with a man, pointed the gun at his wife, and did this in front of their preschool age child and took $200 from him. Just over 60 days in jail, which he'd already served, and 5 years of supervised release.

I'm sure he learned a valuable lesson.

 

[EricG]

Oookaaaay, so do we have a crime problem or a broken judicial system?

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Oookaaaay, so do we have a crime problem or a broken judicial system?

I don't think it is "or", but fixing the second would have an impact on the first one.

 

[Peter Potamus]

Oookaaaay, so do we have a crime problem or a broken judicial system?

We have both but neither are the root problem. We have a broken society; one with no respect for authority or sense of morality. That's the root of every other problem we face today.

 

[Dead Duck]

I'm sure he learned a valuable lesson.

Same lesson all dirtbags learn in jail/prison.

Don't get caught! Oh and making a shank. (this is if they do any time at all)

 

[T.Lex]

We have both but neither are the root problem. We have a broken society; one with no respect for authority or sense of morality. That's the root of every other problem we face today.

But we can't really fix that at the .gov level.

 

[j706]

That's some good lawyerin' right there.

I just had a guy plead out on an armed robbery charge. He held a handgun in body contact with a man, pointed the gun at his wife, and did this in front of their preschool age child and took $200 from him. Just over 60 days in jail, which he'd already served, and 5 years of supervised release.

I'm sure he learned a valuable lesson.

You have got to be kidding!!!!

 

[ATM]

But we can't really fix that at the .gov level.

The State cannot be fixed, only resisted.

 

[Cola76]

The State cannot be fixed, only resisted.

That seems to be a little extreme. Our government can be held accountable and work for rather than against the people, but the citizenry needs to bother to do it.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Suspect in slaying of Memphis police officer has been captured, US marshals report

Marshals: Suspected police shooter captured - The Commercial Appeal

 

[Peter Potamus]

A Black man, who just got out of prison about a year ago for armed robbery of a bank, and who was on a 3-year probation, has shot and kllled a White officer during what seemed to be a routine traffic stop.

The media must find this a troubling quandary. No doubt we'll soon be treated to the standard narrative: this young man was just starting to turn his life around and was a victim of a system that pressured him to the breaking point......

Wonder if the Cincinnati media will suppress the story entirely?

 

[T.Lex]

A Black man, who just got out of prison about a year ago for armed robbery of a bank, and who was on a 3-year probation, has shot and kllled a White officer during what seemed to be a routine traffic stop.

The media must find this a troubling quandary. No doubt we'll soon be treated to the standard narrative: this young man was just starting to turn his life around and was a victim of a system that pressured him to the breaking point......

Close.

Police would be safer if every plant, and substance derived from plants, was legal. I mean, this doesn't happen in Colorado.

That's my bet on the narrative.

 

[jd4320t]

Barely even makes the news, no Facebook friends crying for him. This country lets me down more every day.

 

[vitamink]

You have got to be kidding!!!!

Be be glad you don't work in Marion county.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

A Black man, who just got out of prison about a year ago for armed robbery of a bank, and who was on a 3-year probation, has shot and kllled a White officer during what seemed to be a routine traffic stop.

The media must find this a troubling quandary. No doubt we'll soon be treated to the standard narrative: this young man was just starting to turn his life around and was a victim of a system that pressured him to the breaking point......

Wonder if the Cincinnati media will suppress the story entirely?

Race only matters when it matters.

 

[T.Lex]

Race only matters when it matters.

Pardon the interruption.

What did the particle physicist say to the quantum mechanic?

Matter only matters when it matters.

Back to the thread.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Pardon the interruption.

What did the particle physicist say to the quantum mechanic?

Matter only matters when it matters.

Back to the thread.

 

[AA&E]

Notice the lack of racial identifiers in that news article? Had the white cop shot the black man I doubt that would have been the case....

 

[actaeon277]

Condolences to the family of the officer.