{"id":57387,"date":"2014-12-29T14:14:04","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T19:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=57387"},"modified":"2014-12-29T14:14:04","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T19:14:04","slug":"police-under-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=57387","title":{"rendered":"Police under fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two LA police officers were attacked in a manner similar to the two NYPD officers who were killed a few days ago according to KTLA<\/a>;<\/p>\n

The officers from the LAPD\u2019s 77th Division were responding to an unrelated radio call Sunday around 9:30 p.m. on Hoover Street near 66th Street (map) when two men allegedly opened fire on their patrol car, according to Los Angeles Police Department Detective Megan Aguilar.<\/p>\n

Several rounds were shot in the direction of the officers, LAPD Capt. Lillian Carranza said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was a completely unprovoked attack,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

One of the officers returned fire toward the alleged gunmen, but it was not immediately clear whether either was hit.<\/p>\n

Neither officer was injured.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On the other side of the country, in Durham, North Carolina, another officer narrowly escaped injury in the same manner, according to ABC11<\/a>;<\/p>\n

A department spokesperson said Officer J.T. West was sitting in his marked patrol car working on a report when he saw two suspicious men coming up from behind his car near an abandoned apartment building.<\/p>\n

West got out of his car to speak to the men, but before he could say a word, one of them pulled a handgun from his waistband and fired six shots at the officer. One of the bullets struck the police vehicle.<\/p>\n

West returned fire, getting off two shots as he ran for cover across the street. West dove behind a staircase in the abandoned apartment complex, injuring his wrist as he fell.<\/p>\n

West called for backup, and a police dog was called in to track the two suspects. The track ended on South Alston Street with no sign of the men.<\/p>\n

Police say they don’t know if West’s bullets hit the gunman or the man with him. Area hospitals have been put on alert.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Whether it’s true or not, it seems to me that these gunman think that they have the tacit approval of politicians, if not by words, then by the absence of words. The New York Police Department expressed their displeasure with the politicians by turning their backs on their Mayor DeBlasio when he arrived two hours late for the funeral of Rafael Ramos yesterday – mainly because DeBlasio seems more concerned about protesters than the police.<\/p>\n

I’m not sure that I support that the officers turned their backs on the mayor. I mean, I would turn my back on him, but for the police to do it, that seems like a bridge too far. But that’s my opinion.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I hope those of you who wear the blue watch your back, because it doesn’t look like any one else will watch it for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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