Officer Dies After Being Shot During Traffic Stop, Dashcam Helps Identify Alleged Killer

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Officer Dies After Being Shot During Traffic Stop, Dashcam Helps Identify Alleged Killer
By  Ashe Schow
 

Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal was conducting a routine traffic stop on Friday when he was shot in the head.

He had pulled over a vehicle in Harris County, Texas. Dashcam footage showed he and the driver talking with “no combat, no arguing,” sheriff Major Mike Lee told reporters Friday, according to CNN affiliate KTRK. The driver’s door was open as the two men talked. Dhaliwal then shut the door before turning to walk back to his patrol car. At that time the suspect, 47-year-old Robert Solis, got out of his vehicle and “almost immediately running with a gun already out,” Lee added. Dhaliwal was shot in the back of the head and later died from his injuries, reported KTRK.

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Why is it a guy who kills a cop where there is video to identify him is called by the media "alleged" murderer.  However, most everything Trump is accused of doing, often without any proof, or stretching the truth significantly, or important facts withheld, the media words it as if it is a foregone conclusion he is guilty?

[PeteS in CA]

Why is it a guy who kills a cop where there is video to identify him is called by the media "alleged" murderer. 1.  However, most everything Trump is accused of doing, often without any proof, or stretching the truth significantly, or important facts withheld, the media words it as if it is a foregone conclusion he is guilty? 2.

1. Because of 60s and 70s court decisions overturning convictions where there had been lurid one-sided media coverage.

2. Because Orange Man BAD!

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'He would not want us to give in to the darkness': Memorial honors slain deputy

Houston Chronicle by  Dylan McGuinness Oct. 2, 2019

One of the common refrains from those attending memorial services for fallen  Harris County Sheriff's Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal: His importance to younger Sikhs growing up in Houston and America generally.

"I think he was a hero to the next generation," Sartaj Singh Bal said moments before the services Wednesday morning for Dhaliwal, a 10-year veteran of the sheriff’s office who was killed Friday in an ambush after a routine traffic stop.

As thousands of people filed into the Berry Center in Cypress to pay their respects to Dhaliwal,  the Sikh community called on police agencies and the military to carry his legacy.

Dhaliwal was Harris County's first Sikh deputy and garnered national attention for winning approval in 2015 to wear his turban and beard on duty. The religious accommodation policy was a tremendous feat of visibility and honor for Sikhs in Houston and across the nation.

"Our lion may be gone physically, but his legacy of selfless service and of breaking down barriers will continue to live on," Simratpal said.

In the wake of Dhaliwal’s death and at a candelight vigil Monday in his memory, friends and those who knew him remembered him as a strong-willed leader, a devoted Sikh and an eternal optimist.

More: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Thousands-expected-to-attend-memorial-for-fallen-14484529.php