http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/nypd-shot-wounded-queens-village-report-article-1.2208183

A plainclothes city cop was shot in the face in Queens Saturday when the ex-con cousin of a former New York Giant opened fire into his unmarked patrol car, authorities said.

Officer Brian Moore and his partner were driving through Queens Village when they spotted the suspect “adjusting an object in his waistband” near the corner of 212th St. and 104th Road about 6:15 p.m, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said.

The officers pulled up behind the suspicious man — identified as Demetrius Blackwell, the younger cousin of former Giants cornerback Kory Blackwell — and tried to question him.

Without warning, Blackwell whipped out a gun and squeezed off at least two rounds into Moore’s car, Bratton said.

“He immediately opened fire on them before they had time to get out of the vehicle,” Bratton said at a solemn Saturday night press conference.

Put more succinctly, “They were gonna stop him and he just opened up on them,” added a police source.

In a related story, Hours before a cop was shot in Queens, three people were arrested Saturday in Brooklyn after one of the men pointed a gun at cops, police said.

Two people came into the 83rd Precinct stationhouse in Bushwick and alerted cops that three people in their 30s were waving around a gun threatening pedestrians, officials said.

A team of officers, including a sergeant and two officers in plainclothes, rushed to Wilson Ave. near Palmetto St.

As the cops approached, a 29-year-old man ducked behind a parked SUV before popping back up with a gun pointed at the officers, police said.

One cop squeezed off one round at the gunman, officials said.

No one was hit, but the gunman quickly dropped his weapon, officials said.

All three people were taken into custody. Their names were not immediately disclosed.

It will make so many, like Moldyold, feel happy to wake up to this news. One of several on OPP that think open season on Police officers is a good idea.

LOL, careful. :lol: Admin sent me a "Language" caution this morning courtesy of that n****r KHH1, for calling him a n****r. I replied to Admin that "n****r" may be politically incorrect for us whiteys to say but it's not foul language. If you get any crap for it, you might also want to remind our Admin of this fact.

Obama is definitely doing all he can to increase r****m and widen the gap of understanding between w****s and b****s. Too bad, too, it looked like we were on the road to mutual acceptance at last until he came along.

LOL, careful. :lol: Admin sent me a "Language" caution this morning courtesy of that n****r KHH1, for calling him a n****r. I replied to Admin that "n****r" may be politically incorrect for us whiteys to say but it's not foul language. If you get any crap for it, you might also want to remind our Admin of this fact.

Obama is definitely doing all he can to increase r****m and widen the gap of understanding between w****s and b****s. Too bad, too, it looked like we were on the road to mutual acceptance at last until he came along.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/nypd-shot-wounded-queens-village-report-article-1.2208183

A plainclothes city cop was shot in the face in Queens Saturday when the ex-con cousin of a former New York Giant opened fire into his unmarked patrol car, authorities said.

Officer Brian Moore and his partner were driving through Queens Village when they spotted the suspect “adjusting an object in his waistband” near the corner of 212th St. and 104th Road about 6:15 p.m, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said.

The officers pulled up behind the suspicious man — identified as Demetrius Blackwell, the younger cousin of former Giants cornerback Kory Blackwell — and tried to question him.

Without warning, Blackwell whipped out a gun and squeezed off at least two rounds into Moore’s car, Bratton said.

“He immediately opened fire on them before they had time to get out of the vehicle,” Bratton said at a solemn Saturday night press conference.

Put more succinctly, “They were gonna stop him and he just opened up on them,” added a police source.

In a related story, Hours before a cop was shot in Queens, three people were arrested Saturday in Brooklyn after one of the men pointed a gun at cops, police said.

Two people came into the 83rd Precinct stationhouse in Bushwick and alerted cops that three people in their 30s were waving around a gun threatening pedestrians, officials said.

A team of officers, including a sergeant and two officers in plainclothes, rushed to Wilson Ave. near Palmetto St.

As the cops approached, a 29-year-old man ducked behind a parked SUV before popping back up with a gun pointed at the officers, police said.

One cop squeezed off one round at the gunman, officials said.

No one was hit, but the gunman quickly dropped his weapon, officials said.

All three people were taken into custody. Their names were not immediately disclosed.

It will make so many, like Moldyold, feel happy to wake up to this news. One of several on OPP that think open season on Police officers is a good idea.

I'm not sure if M.O. will find this to be okay, that's a bit of drama. This situation is combination of things (as I know you are aware):

1. Police response has become tactical and cold. That being said, it is a perception creating by the media-entirely. Criminals and criminal behavior use the "sappy" emotional response to create situations in which their behavior will be overlooked as a societal thing.
2. These type of tragedies will increase, since the police will be more concerned about going to jail by making a mistake.
3. In contrast, it is time to rethink how to deal with an armed criminal. Since many states, allow open carry, we will potentially become a victim by police or criminals.
4. I forsee many police officers walking away, why bother to deal with this? If everything you do, that you've been trained for is questioned at what point do you move on?

The provided site didn't work well for me so I found another, it seems that the police report is that the two plain clothes officers saw the man adjusting his waistband and that is why they stopped him.
Sounds like more of the same stop and frisk excuse that has gone on for years.
Of course since the man is a known felon I don't know that this counts.
Here is the account I read.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/05/03/suspect-in-nypd-officer-shooting-spent-over-5-years-in-jail/
A bit confusing as they say he has had numerous arrests and yet been in jail for 5 years...they said he served his full sentence and then went back to jail on a parole violation.
My understanding is that if you serve your full sentence you don't have parole. <shrug>
Cops are rarely sent to jail even if charges are brought so I am not sure where you get that position.
We are trained from childhood to trust cops and believe that they don't lie. :roll:
If you are right about open carry affecting us all that would seem equitable. We can all live in fear of going out just as inner city folk sometimes do.
:twisted:

The problem, when one is put in jail they are given a predetermined release date. Even if the individual has not been rehabilitated. To let them out early a board determines if they have learned a lesson. To let them out at the end of their sentence is mandatory. And that worked fine until there were more criminals than jail cells. With overcrowding in jails the legal system has softened and now a criminal can expect to be sentenced to 20 years, but serve only a third or less of that time. Bad thing, the criminal knows this.

There is a solution. Have open ended incarcerations and each person meet with trained professionals who will determine if the individual has changed. A large portion of this can be done with computers, random testing and then compare the findings against actions, constant videoing of each person (yes, big brother is watching) while serving time. When actions match the screening, then a human would interview and recommend release. This way only those who have learned and shown that they have changed could be released. Remember that for most people, behaving badly is learned and if they have to maintain a good front for years then that good behavior will retrain the brain from destructive behavior. It is like training a dog (not saying that all criminals are dogs), but if you reward good behavior and punish the bad, it does not take that animal long to learn and replace bad responses to stimuli. This would also eliminate some of the overcrowding in jails because people learn at different rates.