Grand Forks Officer Murdered, Deputy Wounded

[rangerrebew]

Grand Forks Officer Murdered, Deputy Wounded

Holly Matkin
 
Grand Forks Police Department Chief Mark Nelson confirmed that an officer from his department was murdered on Wednesday.

Grand Forks, ND – A Grand Forks police officer was murdered while attempting to serve eviction papers at an apartment building on Wednesday afternoon.

A Grand Forks Sheriff’s Office (GFSO) deputy was also wounded during the altercation, and a woman who was inside the apartment was found dead after the attack, the Grand Forks Herald reported.

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[Fishrrman]

Several articles posted today re attacks on police officers. Thanks, ranger.

Is it any wonder that some of them, even a small cohort, are over-reacting or standing by while fellow officers do so...?

[EdinVA]

So, from the officers POV, one of us is not going home tonight...... very bad situation..

[Smokin Joe]

Apparently over an eviction notice.

Perhaps someone just lost it.

Grand Forks has the second highest number of infections from COVID-19 in the state (32 active). Nope, that isn't a misprint, and there have been 3 deaths. Yet the shutdowns have been as severe there as anywhere, in terms of devastating economic impact.

We need to get America back to work.

Prayers up for all involved and their families and loved ones.

[PeteS in CA]

Several articles posted today re attacks on police officers. Thanks, ranger.

Is it any wonder that some of them, even a small cohort, are over-reacting or standing by while fellow officers do so...?

ranger's original point in his flurry of similar posts was that the MSM were not covering these instances of officers being shot. As I posted in the other 4 (IIRC) threads, that is not true. Those 4, and this shooting, got local and national coverage.

A somewhat valid point - which ranger did not make - would be that these shootings have not gotten coverage proportional to the George Floyd killing, but even that ignores important context. Police work is intrinsically dangerous, and much as any sane person would wish it were not true, officers get shot by criminals with some degree of frequency. OTOH, the George Floyd killing is rather unique - Floyd was cuffed, on the ground, not fighting, with several officers around him, but Officer Chauvin kept his knee - on which most of his weight was applied - on Floyd's neck for over 5 minutes. The only thing this accomplished was to slowly       suffocate      George Floyd. IOW, race and politics aside, the George Floyd story is "Man Bites Dog", and an officer being shot is "Dog Bites Man".

[Smokin Joe]

In a state (ND) where there were nine firearm homicides in 2018, any firearm homicide is news, even more so because someone shooting police here is relatively rare.