Let's hear it for the awesome job LE has done!

[Le Taz Hot]

So much of the time on DU too many condemn ALL LE officers because of the bad behavior of a few. I think this crisis has revealed the value of LE and their overall POSITIVE contribution to society. THIS is what the vast majority of police officers do -- their job.

Bravo for a job well done!

[Enrique]

1. the kid did get away

the cops pulled a bit of a Bill Buckner last night.

[Le Taz Hot]

3. We weren't there.

We've no idea what happened and why. I'd like to recognize these LE officers who have been working tirelessly to secure the neighborhoods in an orderly manner and are selflessly putting their lives on the line.

But thanks for shitting on the thread!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. It is not clear he got away. He could be cowering any number of places, waiting for dark.

However, some reporters simply drove into the exclusion zone by back streets around 5 AM, so it wasn't a very well sealed exclusion zone.

[FarCenter]

13. Hopefully he's bled out and dead by now.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

21. Hope he is alive & will tell us how a scholarship winning athletic HS student got turned over.

I hope he lives a long life in a hard maximum security prison so he can think and meditate on what he has done.

McVeigh got off easy.

[FarCenter]

23. I'd prefer that no more law enforcement officers are killed or wounded, and they just find his body

[Matariki]

24. +1

I also hope he's taken into custody live. He's got some explaining to do...

[Cleita]

26. Exactly. We have so much to learn from this young man and

what we learn can be instrumental in preventing tragedies like this in the future

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. This is not a game. 15 INJURED officers went to HOSPITAL. Stuff your baseball shit down your throat

[DevonRex]

15. And one officer is dead, another severely wounded. They LET him get away???

Fuck that.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. A law enforcement officer GAVE HIS LIFE protecting Boston. That means he died. You don't care bc

You don't care because you want to try to be cute with your baseball trivia.

You are not cute.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

29. Jury voted 5-1 Leave it alone

At Fri Apr 19, 2013, 05:45 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

the kid did get away
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2713047

REASON FOR ALERT:

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate. (See <a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=aboutus#communitystandards" target="_blank">Community Standards</a>.)

ALERTER'S COMMENTS:

This is a low blow to people that live in Boston

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Fri Apr 19, 2013, 05:52 PM, and the Jury voted 1-5 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: Well, it does seem like he got away.
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: C'mon...so now the good people of Boston are perfect and so is their police department?
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: Harmless analogy. Lighten up morons.
Juror #4 voted to HIDE IT and said: No explanation given
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: As I have said several times before as a jury member - oh for crying out loud. Someone alerted on this"?
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given

Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.

[11 Bravo]

31. Yeah, especially the dead one.

I'm curious, do you think you're funny, or do you know you're an asshole and just don't care?

[Rowdyboy]

2. Extremely impressive

and very, very fast

[randome]

4. And operating this way under intense stress, too! Bravo!

[Jamastiene]

5. It certainly does look like they are doing their best in a bad situation. n/t

[4_TN_TITANS]

6. Considering there is a good chance that

this kid could be wearing a bomb as well, I think they are doing well with the caution that is needed.

[whathehell]

7. Absolutely...I'm the first one to criticize abusive cops, but they often do NOT get enough credit

especially from those of us on the left. These guys put their lives in danger

on a regular basis, and get relatively little monetary reward.

In Illinois, as in other places, I suspect, they're even going after their pensions and those of

other public employees, and that really sucks in my opinion.

[byeya]

8. If LE had been allowed to handle the second World Trade Center attack, like they did the first, we

could have averted Bush's wars; the loss of constitutional protections; the loss of international prestige.

[JDPriestly]

9. What does "LE" stand for? Who are you talking about?

[billh58]

11. Law Enforcement

LEO = Law Enforcement Officer.

[JDPriestly]

30. Thanks. I haven't heard that term. Here it is LAPD (Los Angeles Police

Department) or sheriff's office and there are other terms for the state highway patrol. LE makes sense.

[antigop]

10. no, no...they are just lazy UNIONIZED slobs (sarcasm)...

BRAVO.

[DevonRex]

18. THANK YOU. People forget they're union.

We like union here.

[Logical]

25. And a union that defends bad cops many times. Corrupt cops. I will take 1000.....

real unions (teachers, auto-workers, plumbers, etc) over one police union.

[DevonRex]

32. Why don't you go do your job with bullets flying at your

head like they do, tough guy?
Oh, and don't call a cop if you get robbed or if somebody hits your car. You act like they're not worth the dirt under your feet. It makes me sick.

[Logical]

33. LOL, police officer are not even the top 10 most dangerous jobs in the USA......

Well, I did call the police when my car got broken into. They did not do anything but take a police report. No finger prints, no looking for evidence, never heard from them again Nothing. Police report for insurance only. So thanks for the suggestion.

Most cops never even fire their weapon during a career. So drop that shit.

And here is a stat for you! "A cop today is about as likely to be murdered on the job as someone who merely resides in about half of the country's 75 largest cities."

LOL, do more reading. You watch too much TV.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/09/police-shootings_n_3038938.html

[DevonRex]

36. LOL and you don't do those either. nt

[lobezen]

16. Excuse my ingnorance but what does LE stands for?

[DevonRex]

19. law enforcement

[lobezen]

20. many thanks :D

[DevonRex]

22. quite welcome :)

[Bobbie Jo]

27. K&R

[Logical]

28. Yes, congratulations for cops doing the job they are hired to do!! Same for the doctors...

who saved the victims.

[jwirr]

34. As I watched this unfold I kept thinking how much different it would have been after 911 if bushie

had let the domestic law enforcement handle the crime instead of the CIA and military. It would have probably taken longer than a week but it would not have led to two wars that cost enough to break the country and all the dead and wounded that now are out there.

[byeya]

37. As was posted elsewhere, LE handled the first World Trade Center bombing and should have been

allowed to handle the second, devastating, attack.
Like you point out, it would not have been able to be used as an excuse for two awful wars.

[madokie]

35. I agree

I treat them with respect and so far in my 65 years I've been treated by them likewise. I'd much rather have LE's as not.
Of course I'm not much of a law breaker though, never was 'cepting when I was a pot smoker. That being the lawlessness of mine