Officer dies, manhunt for armed suspects in Fox Lake

[ColesCountyDem]

Source: WGN TV (Chicago IL)

FOX LAKE, Ill. -- Sources tell WGN that a Fox Lake police officer has died after being shot Tuesday morning.

Sources tell WGN that the officer's gun and pepper spray was taken.

Meanwhile, police are searching for two suspects: one white male and one black male. There is also possibly a third suspect. Multiple helicopters and K9s are searching the area.

Rollins Road between Washington Avenue and Route 59 is closed and all area schools are on lockdown....

Read more: http://wgntv.com/2015/09/01/school-in-fox-lake-on-lockdown-due-to-police-activity/

[840high]

1. Condolences.

[mitty14u2]

2. Killed By Police 2015

Killed by Police, Complete List http://killedbypolice.net/ (793) August 31, 2015. Respect is being thrown out the Window and Very Very Sad. Kill or be Killed are causing these crazy stats?

[passiveporcupine]

3. Reciprocal killing is not justice

you know nothing about this officer...what his record is. He was a married father of four sons and loved his job, his wife and his sons. He was involved with several youth groups.

He was due to retire last month and was asked to stay on one more month because the chief stepped down. This may be a very good man who was just trying to do his job.

I am as enraged by all the POC targeted by the police, and it needs to stop. But killing police is not the answer. An eye for an eye does not ever bring about peace. It just brings more fear, anger and hatred, and then more people die.

Gliniewicz, who was known as Joe or Joey in high school, “loved his job, loved his kids, loved his wife … He was just a delight to be around. … Not a bad bone in his body,” Poulos told the Tribune.

http://heavy.com/news/2015/09/charles-gliniewicz-fox-lake-illinois-police-officer-lieutenant-dead-killed-shot-shooting-veteran-age-family-wife-funeral-memorial-photos-suspects-manhunt/

He Radioed That He Was Pursuing 3 Suspects Before He Was Shot.

He said he was in a foot pursuit, but the department then lost radio contact with him. Backup was sent to the area.

After police lost radio contact with Gliniewicz, they began searching for him. He was found in a marshy area suffering from a gunshot wound. He had been stripped of his gun and other gear, the Chicago Tribune reports.

He was chasing suspects...doing his job to protect his community, and he died for it. Don't try to make this about "equal justice".

Rip Lieutenant Charles Glinewicz.

[7962]

4. Amazing. The SECOND post basically gives this murder a pass.

Not to mention only THREE comments on this cops murder since the OP was posted.

[branford]

5. I was equally disgusted by the comment and similar recent posts about the Texas deputy.

However, in some very small mitigation, there have been other active threads about the murder on DU where the sentiment is mostly horrified about the events without any equivocation.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141195139

[Freelancer]

6. Sounds like the cop rolled up on a drug deal to me -- terrible, terrible, terrible -- nt

[MosheFeingold]

7. Let's think about this

Let's assume for the moment that it is true that cops are on hair-triggers and unnecessarily killing black people (a debatable stereotype of cops)

Now, the response to the cops having hair triggers is for certain blacks to go hunting random cops and shoot them.

Methinks certain blacks hunting cops would cause cops to be even more on hair-trigger around blacks exacerbating the shooting of blacks, thereby making the situation far worse.

Ergo, it is counterproductive.

Unless the agenda is really to sow dissent, war, and racial violence against blacks, in which case the strategy seems to be rather solid.

[Freelancer]

8. The ratcheting up is true, but these were two white guys and one black guy...

Nobody can conclude that this is an incident of cop hatred yet, or that this is linked to anything other than the lethal mix of flight reflex, having a gun, and piss-poor judgement.

Hopefully, we'll know more soon.