Truly a shame. I heard some guy named Eddie the kid likes cop killers. He celebrates the deaths of America's police men. People like that are scum. I wonder which country is better than America and would accept wanna be cop killers. I would certainly donate a hundred bucks to send him their. Hopefully it is Atlantis.

@FatCat.. If you wanted to come across as a dick, you achieved your goal.

Guns kill people just like a fork makes some fat! If someone kills with a car you want to remove all the cars? What about using a rope to strangle someone, you want to ban rope too? Grow up. If someone wants to kill someone there isn't anything that you can take from them to stop it. Hell you can use your bare hands! unless you want to outlaw them also.

@BIGMO.... How has banning drugs worked out? Plenty of them around and often in the hands of criminals.

Also drugs are in the hands of celebrities, Doctors, lawyers, politicians and do not forget law enforcements, it is not just criminals that do drugs lordyrinc.

Topcat, since there are various drugs that are illegal to possess, sell or use; by definition, anyone participating in one of those actions is committing a criminal act and is a criminal. Now, they may also be a doctor, lawyer, politician or entertainer.

They should just make the drugs legal and tax them for whatever civic project a locality wants, much like the current "sin" tax on tobacco and alcohol used to fun museums and sports arenas.

Bigmonsterman, why don't you be the first to try and take my guns away ? PALEEEZEZ !!!!

Very interesting development - especially for those of you yelling SCUM!

This "drug dealer", if he is the same Cullen Mutrie in this article - Worked for the Hamptom Falls fire dept. and went to college to study paramedicine, so he was most likely a paramedic with the fire department. A life saver....

I do have to wonder if he was selling weed....

This is not your bottom-feeding meth cooker here...

Just goes to show... things are rarely "black and white" - and that IS a double entendre.

Cops come busting in nowadays like an army in a war zone. Its not right... Police state situation, and citizens are going to react to that. The drug war is a failure and causes more harm than good. It is militarizing our local police forces and creating criminals.

FatCat Did you give any actual thought to your post? Or do you just routinely spout of inanities unrelated in any way, shape or form to the subject at hand?

This man died doing his job; he was trying to protect the people he served. Is there violence in society? Yes. Is violence or has it ever been a purely American phenomenon - no; in fact if you were to seriously and honestly study the rest of the world in virtually any time period you might reference, what you would find is that the levels of violence; the lack of man's inhumanity to man being evidenced anywhere in the world would be greater than that which was to be found in America during the parallel time period. The world has always had horror and tragedy and despicable people and things happening in it - and always will.

What bothers me about this death is if he had on a bullet proof vest how did he get mortally wounded? AND if he wasn't wearing a "bullet proof" vest why not?

In this day and age wouldn't it be police department protocol that under such circumstances a bullet proof vest is mandatory and not an option?

I still maintain that civilians should never be allowed to have guns.

Who peed in your cup of coffee this morning?

Move to Iran, Pakistan, or Saudi Arabia if you feel that strongly about it then. As it so happens, a lot of us here enjoy our personal freedoms.

My condolences to the families of the police.

Another fine example of rehabilitation at work.

Just did some more poking around on the "interwebs" and found that the guy had a serious steroids issue. Back in 2007, police went to his home to cofiscate firearms after a domestic assault charge, and they found and also confiscated steroids, and a scale and baggies. In court, the judge advised him that he should recant his "guilty" plea on the domestic assault charges because it would affect his ability to become a fireman, and he was in school for paramedicine. So the courts gave him a charge of "civil disobedience". Flash forward to Thursday... The guy did finally get his job with the fire department. Why in GOD'S name - did this man continue with the drug thing? Being a steroid salesman and a fireman just dont go together! Beyond bizarre. Can't make this stuff up.

One last mind-boggling thing. We all generally associate firemen and policemen closely together. They both show up on the scene, and they work closely together.

When reading this, we automatically create an image in our head of a hardened gangster type of guy, the kind covered in tattoos, and a long history with law enforcement. A shiftless guy, someone who would be breaking into your house, and generally not a functional member of society. Yet here, we have a fireman doing this... total cognitive dissonance.

Police take down 100s, if not 1000s of drug dealers and users every day - without incident. But corner one of their own (and yes, fireman isnt a police man, but close enough).. and look out.

I had my door kicked in by state police and sheriffs deputies on Christmas eve,2004 at 11:45 pm, was dragged out of bed in only my underwear, was beaten all the way to my front porch,handcuffed,put in the middle of the road,pepper sprayed and kicked in the ribs multiple times and taken to jail. My crime? NONE! They hit the wrong house and when they realized what they did they charged me with assault on a police officer and obstruction of justice. I was aquitted by a jury 45 seconds after the jury got the case. I now have a beautiful new home and plenty of $ in my ira.These cop thugs are out of control with this kicking in doors sh!t.

DWC:

Why, of course! Legalize drugs and this will all go away!!! I work with the aftermath of children who are the victims of drug use by their "parents" (term used very loosely). In most cases, there was no police action, but the brains of these kids are pretty much scrambled all the same. Some because mom was using while pregnant, some because the family "culture" has left them confused about much of the world. When these children grow up their lives are still going to be dependent on others. This is what we have when drugs are not yet legal. So by all means, let's make the circumstances better by legalizing them.

Joe Dirt: Sorry about the mistake, hope you are feeling better in your new diggs.

RIP to the fallen chief.

One thing confusing is the chest wounds the other officers have. Did they not have bullet proof vests on going into a drug raid?

Johnny, your post proved Bigmonsterman's point quite well. Most people aren't emotionally mature enough to handle the responsibility of gun ownership. Dagoose, the old guns don't kill people argument is old, be original. The argument is pointless when guns + drug dealers= five people shot. Of course this guy probably had it illegally but every day we read in the paper about someone who owned a gun legally who decided to kill a person or some people. Just today there's an article about someone killing three people in cracker barrel because his wife told him she was leaving him. This @!$%# is almost unbelievable. Wish they'd tell people more about the victims too, all we hear about is the @!$%# who killed them and maybe the name and ages of the people he killed.

Was the body of the man and the "unidentified woman" black... or was that left out on purpose?

Police are supposed to enforce the laws put into place by the Congress or legislatures of their state. Don't like that drugs are illegal? Then it is up to politicans to change the laws, not the police to just decide they aren't going to enforce this one or that one. To those who want drug possession and sale to be legal, what are YOU doing about it? This is an election year, the one time politicans might actually listen to what the citizens are saying. Are YOU working to legalize, say, medical marijuana? Or anything else? Or are you just sitting behind your computer spouting "Legalize this, Legalize that"? Have you written to or called your representative in government about what you want to see done?

This man lost his life enforcing a law that was in place. He didn't write the law, he may not have even agreed with it, we don't know. But he did take an oath to uphold the laws, all of them, and he died trying to do this. He didn't take his oath saying "I will uphold only the laws I agree with." It is up to the voting public to change the laws.

Sarcasticus - seeing this first-hand, you should have a better handle on the WHOLE picture. The drug laws criminalize people. People who use, often do so because they are attempting to "feel better", escape a miserable situation. Yes, it does harm children. So does alcohol. And remember, we tried that prohibition quite some time ago, and it made the situation WORSE. Substance abuse is a mental health issue. If you criminalize the drug, you make it EASIER for the wrong people to get their hands on it (young adults), and the habit begins there. And then they are associating with criminal elements to get the drug, who can then introduce them to worse things like cocaine, heroin, meth.... Put the most abused but least damaging drug - cannabis - in the liquor stores, heavily regulated, and age restricted, and watch the drug abuse issue become much less prevalent, and the crime associated with it will also drop precipitously. The answer for the real nasty ones - like meth - are not as easy.... but criminalizing users is not good. In cases of chronic abuse with heroin, meth, etc where neglect is evident - then children need to be removed from the home, just as would be done with a physically abusive parent, or an incompetent parent. But ripping families apart with criminal sentencing and jail time is just as damaging, and often moreso than the original issue. Especially in the case of cannabis users, or even hard drug users - criminalizing them means reducing their chances of ever recovering, because job discrimination results. That job application question of "have you ever been charged with a felony" is one that causes an individual, even a rehabilitated, free person, to be forever punished for a crime. Their time is never truly served, and they are in a sense, all given a life-sentence. Sarcasticus, if you are working in a field where you see children that are harmed by a broken home life, then you really need to step back and see the whole ugly picture. I understand there are some real pieces of work out there with kids. These pieces would find other ways to continue to be pieces - even if drugs weren't in the picture. But for those that are young and foolish, the draconian drug laws entrap them in a vicious cycle, and children pay the price. Just remember - its all shades of grey. Avoid that black and white thinking. Emotional decisions can be some of the worst kind.

Esam: You were making sense until you threw political parties into the comment. If you find you need to desperately comment on politics, go to a vine that represents that topic. This vine is about a drug bust and a fallen police chief.

@ justified defiance.....another example of "white on white" crime....A$$ hole.

sarcasticus,

Yes, it sounds counterintuitive, but legalizing drugs would largely make this go away. That cop wouldn't be dead today if they hadn't raided the dude's house. Were drugs legal, there wouldn't have been a reason to raid his house. See how that works?

Secondly, police cannot act like paramilitary thugs breaking down people's doors and then turn around and act surprised when one in a thousand fights back and shoots their ass. While this is tragic, and I am by no means advocating shooting police, it is difficult for me to feel empathy here.

Marty - theres a very active push-back on the "war on drugs". And there are conscientious dissenters among the ranks. Men in blue that go out of their way to avoid harassing and arresting drug users, and low-level drug sellers (pot).

Your take on blindly following orders is a moral issue that has been pondered and written about by ancient philosophers. When does a man lose his humanity? When he abdicates all conscience and blindly follows the orders of a superior, regardless of how heinous those orders may be. I give you Nazi Germany as a case in point. Men blindly followed horrific orders - and at the Nuremburg Trials, their only defense that shocked the world was "I was just following orders" - as if that one statement could wipe out the horrors of the mountains of emaciated corpses they created.

It takes great courage, and often comes at a great price, to refuse to carry out an order that you find morally questionable. It can lead to job loss, alienation, harassment, impoverishment, imprisonment, and death. But it has also been great men who nutted up and said NO, that changed things for the better.

And there are active organizations out there fighting the war on drugs. I refer you to www.leap.cc Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. A very active organization of active and retired law enforcement professionals that speak out against prohibition. And of course, the long-lived and very active NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws). There are many many large, active groups, and a constant battle to stop this madness (endless War on a thing, that can never be won).

Another Blue Knight has passed from us. Morne, Citizen. He stood and died for You.

My heart goes to the families of the officers, and my respect to the law enforcement team of this small town. If more small town leaders woulld follow suit our small towns would not turn into mini inner city clones. I am thrilled the suspects are no longer breathing air. They are the only ones that got what they deserved, it is ashame those officers had to go in first...if the robot is deemed a sworn part of their unit, as the dog units are, it could have been dispatched, and if harmed.....blow that place off its foundation and call it a day, and all living officers go home. My deepest sympathies to the wife and family of Chief Maloney, I can imagine how you feel. My prayers are for the wounded officers and their families, for a complete recovery.

The problem as I see it, is the law, or lack of it. If I could write the law it would be.....if you are caught breaking and entering, holding up a store or any crime with a gun...byebye life in prison...no Parole...ever...gone.

If you are caught selling illegal/stolen firearms...same thing life in prison..no parole...gone.

This would make the price of stolen firearms go sky high, thus the rif raf could not even afford them.

We need to get the guns out of the rif rat that steal from us to buy more guns and drugs. It is an endless cycle that won' stop until ultra stiff punishment is put in place.

These brave officers probably weren't wearing BP vests as this is a small town with, I would imagine, a small budget and those vests are expensive. If this is the case, I hope they can get some funds to protect the other officers.

If they did have vests on, there is ammo out there that will circumvent the vests with ease and I would bet that dope dealers have plenty of it anymore.

My prayers for the fallen chief and his family and for a complete recovery for the ones wounded.

Hopefully the police got to take these two down and the scumbag didn't shoot himself.

GOD BLESS our police. We would really be up the creek with out them.

As for you who advocate legalizing drugs, did you ever stop to thing what the fall out would be? Many more Children without a functioning brain for openers. More deadly traffic wrecks from weak minded idiots high on coke or meth or some other $hit. More killings because more people would be wanting more drugs and no money to pay for them. Far more downside to this than any upside you could present. Your idea just doesn't wash. Not at all. It's not called "DOPE" for nothing.

@StrengthinNumbers:

You are so far off base here it is unreal. You think these officers were "blindly" following orders like the Nazis did? They were doing a job. A damn thankless job. But a job that needed done none the less. I fail to see your reasoning at all because using your opinion as you stated it, FireFighters who die in the line of duty are also "blindly following orders". So is every HERO in our military who is killed in battle against an enemy.

Too bad you can't see the whole picture here.

This man died doing his job; he was trying to protect the people he served

Yep, protecting the people from the big bad wolf is more like it. You know just like the story tale of how evil and dangerous marijuana is. No sympathy here, change the effing laws. Sick and tired of seeing people's lives completely ruined because of a God given plant that can be used as a pain and nausea reliever in addition to other things.

Genesis 1:12
The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

This is not your bottom-feeding meth cooker here...

Maybe and maybe not, but apparently he is involved in the murder of the police chief and the wounding of other officers. That sounds a lot like a bottom-feeder to me.

Guns kill people. The simplicity of it all is just common sense. No gun, no bullet, no dead man. Those are just the facts. Same can be said for any instance involving a gun whether it was used in self-defense or at the range. If zimmerman just wasnt carrying a gun..Travon would still be alive. Gun owners are like wives. You just cant make any sense of them. If it was red..they would tell you NO. Its pink. They just dont get it.

Oh well, the more they buy guns more dumb people die. So be it. And dont even start saying that someone has to pull the trigger? Ask Remington, Glock, if its true. Its been scientifically proven thats guns can go off without the trigger being pulled. So that argument is lame and unjust.

As for you who advocate legalizing drugs, did you ever stop to thing what the fall out would be? Many more Children without a functioning brain for openers. More deadly traffic wrecks from weak minded idiots high on coke or meth or some other $hit. More killings because more people would be wanting more drugs and no money to pay for them. Far more downside to this than any upside you could present. Your idea just doesn't wash. Not at all. It's not called "DOPE" for nothing.

Replace the word alcohol for every reference to drugs in your rant. By your logic, alcohol should be illegal. How well did that work in the 20's?

Your argument is bankrupt - as bankrupt as the "war on drugs" is making us.

Excuse you jon, but more people die in car accidents than by gun shot every single day. Guess it's time to ban cars and go back to riding horses. Then jon can have a job with the sh$t patrol.

Once again a case being tried on this site. We just never learn to sit back and read, and wait out the facts. We are so impatient to spew our own bias when a story is posted.

I too have been that innocent person sleeping in bed when cops came knocking on the door with guns out. It was a wrong address. It shocked me, but the cops in the past had come to my home under different ownership on many occasions, and so they knew the circumstances there that were very bad. My doctor neighbor was attempting to kill his wife and neighbor by shooting up the neighborhood and the wrong address was given by my neighbor in sheer panic.

The number of men hurt and the police chief dead is strange. ???? I am left with many questions.

Also on an entirely different note, but relevant today with city costs, was his retirement at 48. That is really young and the costs for that city to pay his retirement and hire another police chief would be substantial. BTW, I worked for a large city in benefits, so I know what I am speaking of and why the number jumped out at me.

Sad. Very sad.

Aimoalarry

This would make the price of stolen firearms go sky high, thus the rif raf could not even afford them.

Are you stupid or something? Do you realize that this bogus War on Drugs creates a black market and then the dealers are making money by the box full. Since you most likely have your mind made about drugs and most likely wont take the time to read any articles on leap.cc then atleast watch this video. Also to advise you this video is made by Law Enforcement Indiviuals

youtube.com/watch?v=LayaGk0TMDc

What I want to know (along with many others) is why the Police Chief, that's two weeks away from retirement, is going into a drug bust anyway?!? Is it just me, or does that seem crazy to you as well? I'm not a police officer, I'm not related to any police officers, so I'm not sure of the protocal or what usually happens in these situations. But to me, it just seems silly that your Chief of Police is going on a drug bust. I'd like to get some feedback from either police officers or people related to police officers. Thanks...

May God bless all these officers (TRUE HEROS) and their families. I hate DRUGS. I wish an alien from another planet would come and eat all drug dealers, illegal drugs users, corrupted law makers and corrupted law enforcers.

Justified Defiance, take that misinformation back to Faux News and stop trying to blame this one on black people.

Thoughts and prayers to this mans family, and to the whole community.

Not to drive away from the tradegy or take away from this mans sacrifice, but do not use the argument, people kill people not guns. Anyone who sits there and says if a car kills someone, do we ban cars is a moron. The sole purpose of a gun is to kill, the only reason it exists.

The constituion states guns should be allowed - you want to know what life was like when that rule existsted? completely different. There is no need for guns other than ones to hunt with, sorry.

Can't wait for the legalization of drugs and the realization that it won't solve anything at all.

I'm basically for legalization of drugs because why should the government not make money off it?

Tax it, incorporate it, drive the small makers out of business, make it crappy, then make it in China (well, again, but with legalized shipping and import). Then tell me all about how legalization was the best thing evah!

@ strength in numbers

Shutting down a meth lab is hardly the same thing as the Nurenburg Trials after WWII. I personally wouldn't want it to be okay for an individual officer to be authorized to disregard any law (enacted into law by the legislature or Congress). What if an officer felt that sex with a child was okay? Or hanging your black neighbor from a tree was okay? It is the way that individual officer feels, so according to you the officer doesn't need to act within the law and should not arrest the offender. Definitely there needs to be some modification of the drug laws, what is in place is mostly legislation enacted in the 1920's era. And I personally don't consider marijuana to be in the same league with crack or meth. That being said, until the PEOPLE force the elected officals to do what the PEOPLE want, the decision to enforce the law is not up to the individual officer.

THIS IS AN ELECTION YEAR, ITS OUR CHANCE TO LET THE ELECTED OFFICALS KNOW WHAT WE THE PEOPLE WANT. If you want to change the drug laws, get involved. Let the people running for office know what you want. If they don't agree, don't vote for them. That's the ultimate equalizer, YOUR VOTE!

I also wanted to add a few things. I extend my sorrows to these injured officers and to the family of the killed officer. To thedid not wear vests or what ever. Trust me I'm sure they did wear vests, most likey may have even had kevlar helmets also. There are many guns that will shoot right through a vest, many of them will also go right through the front and out the back. Another thing is vests need to be replaced every so many years as over time the kevlar can become brittle and many officers also don't wear a trauma plate or the correct panels for the vest. A vest is not a bullet proof vest it is a ballistic vest which also has several classes (type of rounds they will stop) The other thing is ther are a couple parts of these vests.....one being the carrier(vest) and two being the panel or ballistic panel. I do believe they recommend replacing the panels every 5 years.

Now why did these cops not do like the cops in AZ did when SWAT swarmed Jose Guerena (USMC 2 tour Iraq) home while his wife and one of his children were present. They fired over 70 rounds striking Mr. Guerena 23 times. Why did they hit his house? Marijuana which they found absolutely nothing.

The cops acknowledged that not only did he not fire, the safety on his gun was still activated when he was killed. Guerena had no prior criminal record, and the police found nothing illegal in his home. After ushering out his wife and son, the police refused to allow paramedics to access Guerena for more than hour, leaving the young father to bleed to death, alone, in his own home. So who do you think investigated the cops involved? Well of course the cops, in which they determined no wrong doing. The cops were shooting within a second or two of entering his house. So god forbid should you have a gun while in your house and the cops hit it. Even if you are just walking down the hall with it, and the cops may also be hitting the wrong house or maybe got some info from a "confidential informant". The cops also would not release any the search warrants and police affidavits and may never according to Sheriff Clarence Dupnik.

Yeah the cops are just doing their job. Tell that to 68 yr. old Eurie Stamps Sr. (grandfather) who was shot down by Framingham, MA SWAT while exercising a warrent. Guess what, the suspect for whom the warrent was issued was in police custody at the time.

How many more innocent people need to be killed, how many more kids lives need to be ruined for even being in a car where a seed was found on the floor or a roach under the seat before they get that the WAR DOES NOT WORK. Guess what..in the countries where drugs have been decriminalized the use of hard drugs went down along with crime.

"In those final days, he sacrificed his life in public service as a law enforcement officer in New Hampshire," Delaney said early Friday.

Some flowery words to say that the police were ill-prepared for the situation.

Maloney had 26 years of experience in law enforcement,

And no body armour?

Armoured car "like a tank" with battering rams, shut down airspace, evacuated houses,schools seized for staging areas, mobile command posts, robots, police patrols with machine guns, etc. Sounds like a local re-enactment of Ruby Ridge or Waco - go in under-prepared and over-react.

How does one person get the drop and take out several police officers short of lack of intelligence (not necessarily of the individual kind but of the reconnaissance kind) of the police?

Esam (#1.4): So, you think it's nonsense for law enforcement to enforce drug laws? I imagine you might change your mind a little bit if you ever spend some time around children who have been severely affected by drug use or dealings in their own homes. What's nonsense is the drug abuse in the first place.

StrengthInNumbers: The details you uncovered about Murtie are interesting. However, there are bad apples in every bunch, including firemen and police officers. Seems to me that he was a ticking time bomb and the fact that he worked for the fire department would never have changed that. Hardened gang bangers should not be the only people that come to mind, there are major drug dealers in every walk of life that can look rather unassuming.

Stoops2Conquer (#1.15) and Robert (#1.22): Bullet proof vests can only protect so much, designed to cover RIGHT where the heart is. It's not the only fatal spot in the chest area, and bullets coming in at an angle can make a huge difference too. Those vests can only do so much; it doesn't mean they weren't wearing any, but I'd like to hear those details too.

JM (#1.29): Police "bust in" because of the element of surprise, it gives less reaction time and they are not as likely to be injured or killed that way.

Jim Owens (#1.43): It was a small-town police department with only seven officers. Not so unusual for the chief to be involved, they needed everyone. So sad though, that close to his retirement!

Many people out there talk about legalizing and regulating illicit drugs. That is already done with prescription drugs and alcohol, yet the abuse of those is on the rise and people die as a result every day. Marijuana used for medical reasons is also legalized and regulated in some states (not by federal law though), and that privilege is also abused. The implications of legalizing every hard-core drug out there would be disastrous for everyone. There is no easy solution to the problem, but combatting it is better than rolling over and letting it happen.

Retiring at 48...........this is why the govt keeps trying to EXPAND it self and BUY votes from any target victims groups it can create to continue to help itself grow at TAX PAYERS EXPENSE...........and the idiots keep voting for them.......an iq of 115 should be mandatory to vote along with proof you pay taxes or have served your country or are over 60.

Ray lets look at your comment:

As for you who advocate legalizing drugs, did you ever stop to thing what the fall out would be? Many more Children without a functioning brain for openers.

WRONG- kids can get drugs EASIER than they can get jack daniels or beer, legalization and regulation work better than illegal and if you mean prego women would be doing more drugs than they currently do---WRONG again---alcohol causes birth issues too and it is legal. the number of drug users would stay about the same if it were legal after an initial spike but look at cigarettes b/c now more kids smoke weed than cigs and cigs are legal but the propaganda on cigs WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!we could use propaganda on legal drugs to make them uncool too, i dont advocate drug use but i dont advocate making using drugs illegal either because it does more harm than good like dead idiots in ohio today.

More deadly traffic wrecks from weak minded idiots high on coke or meth or some other $hit.

coke and meth IMPROVE concentration and make more alert drivers........and any one driving badly or causes a wreck SOBER or not should be charged and prosecuted---frankly i dont get a damned if you are a sober bad driver---you deserve to charged as if you were drunk.......why does being sober make having a wreck ok? if you cant drive and wreck i say lock your idiot no driving as up sober or not. so old ass no drivers would no longer get a pass.

More killings because more people would be wanting more drugs and no money to pay for them.

the iq of this comment is astounding: if legal drugs would be CHEAPER and i dont see alot of killings for jack daniels occurring and the economy would pick up for a new industry.

Far more downside to this than any upside you could present. Your idea just doesn't wash. Not at all. It's not called "DOPE" for nothing.

I think some dope may help you.

Jon i can kill with out a gun your statement is void if not untrue.

Marty

THIS IS AN ELECTION YEAR, ITS OUR CHANCE TO LET THE ELECTED OFFICALS KNOW WHAT WE THE PEOPLE WANT. If you want to change the drug laws, get involved. Let the people running for office know what you want. If they don't agree, don't vote for them. That's the ultimate equalizer, YOUR VOTE!

Well there is only really one person running that gets it. This is also a person who does not work for the corporations.

Oh and good thing we got a CIC who was going to change things. Who does Obama hire for Director Of Energy but Dr. Steven Chu who prior to his appointment was working at Lawrence Berkeley Lab and received a 500 million dollar grant from BP. Well who does Chu Director Of Energy hire as his under boss but BP's chief scientist Steven Koonin. So in effect BP is running our Dept. Of Energy and folks wonder how BP got away with so much during the Oil Spill. This is just one of those things that Obama has "changed". Oh Obama has a plan and his plan does not involve you or I, well atleast not in a good way.

You want "Change" then vote for a man who has not "Changed" his view in decades and is not a person that spent Miliions sealing(hiding) almost all evidence of his past or a man that has killed millions of jobs and sent them over seas.

Vote Ron Paul. Don't listen to what the 'News'(so called) says about him. Goto his website and his policy his right there for you to read yourself. A man that was a soldier and knows what war is about and like. A man that was and is a doctor and knows what health care is. A man that has kept the same or similar views through the years and has not flip flopped in his voting to suit the corporations needs. A man that voted against both the Patriot Act and NDAA 2012.

Welcome to America, the land of gentle people who live in peace, harmony, respect for human rights and life. As the beacon of righteousness and morality to the world, Americans have every right to be proud, boastful, and arrogant.

FatCat,

United States of America IS STILL the land of gentle, compassionate, helpful, and proud people. We usually do not hear or read about the good deeds made by people everyday. What a shame that the newsworthy are mostly things like this one here.

What "no bullet proof vests" .................. I watch these shows about Game Wardens sometimes. They raid these houses out in the woods with poachers and the like. They all rush in knowing these guys have many guns wearing nothing but their daily uniform. No vests, no helments, just barge right in with nothing but their guns drawn and yelling real loud.

Esam,

It's almost as nasty as the healthcare debate where a lot of Republicans would rather see people go without it than helping provide that most basic service.

That is a lie, the Rep have given there own plans on health care that would insure just as many people as Obama's does without the price tag to those of us that are already strapped because of the federal taxes we pay. I don't see how all of you Libs think it is ok for only 47% of Americans to pay taxes so 53% don't have to, since when has America become this lazy. I think we put you to work if you get welfare building roads, as an assistant in the medical field or just picking fruit in the fields. see this way we could tighten up our borders.

Also we should legalize all drugs, do you know that country's where heroin is legal that use has actually gone down because since it is legal the older users don't have to get younger people too use so they can get a break on what it cost them. Plus the government could tax it and thus ease the tax burden on those that pay taxes. It would also get rid of the cartels if it was legal why would you need to smuggle it. Of course our government only likes too take your freedoms away not give you more.

I know this was off topic. RIP Chief

Wow, just how many states, now give pensions with only 25 years service? (ohio does also).

Who in their right mind thought that is sustainable?

In the real world, IF your workplace still gives 'pensions', you might retire at a certain year of service, but you can't collect til you're 55 or older.

Locally in our small town of 5,000 , we have 2 getting ready to retire. They're 44 and 45 years old. And of course will turn around and get rehired by the city..sighhhh.

Show me ANY private business that can afford that perk ! Dare ya.

My prayers of course to this gentleman, and ANY person killed for some senseless reason !

I graduated from UNH in Durham.

Lived most of my life in NH. Greenland is a quiet little town. I feel so sad for the people who live there and the loss of their police chief. My heart goes out to his family and friends.

Hey BIGMONSTERMAN,

You said "I still maintain that civilians should never be allowed to have guns."

So, you still maintain that the USA should be just like Mexico eh? Where only the government and outlaws have guns? I have 2 words for "you". Sicarios and Creel. There's a video "somewhere" showing just how weak the government becomes once civilians lose their weapons, and the outlaws go where they will and kill whomever opposes them...unchecked.

You do realize that the only think keeping America sleeping safe at night is the fact that we KNOW we are safe enough, in the way that the playing field is level? If a killer comes in to shoot, he/she knows they may also be shot. It's the only deterrent that works, unless there is a cop standing on every porch all the time. Off duty cops are civilians. They won't be having guns in their homes if you get your wish. They will be threatened. "Gold or lead?" will be the question they will each be asked. And in turn, they would be executed, or become corrupt, if you have it your way.

Let's be clear. The officers were wearing vests, not much protection against an AR-15. The loser in question has a long history of both violence and convictions, so the 'drug' is a non-issue. The people making this a forum to legalize drugs or otherwise push their agenda are absolute losers.

I live 2 miles from where this occurred, and I can tell you without question the appreciation I have for Chief Maloney and the duties they took upon themselves to make this a better place. You should all wish to have people in your community who are that selfless. This Cullen guy will rot in hell, as deserved, period.

Take your agendas elsewhere, we are talking about a human being killed in trying to make the community better. You should all hope for that.

Ji (G)

What "no bullet proof vests" .................. I watch these shows about Game Wardens sometimes. They raid these houses out in the woods with poachers and the like. They all rush in knowing these guys have many guns wearing nothing but their daily uniform. No vests, no helments, just barge right in with nothing but their guns drawn and yelling real loud.

What you have described is a condition known as "Testosterone Overload". The most common symptom is recognized by their ball$ being enormously larger than their brains.

Let's be clear. The officers were wearing vests, not much protection against an AR-15.

It certainly wasn't clear by the article. Regardless, the victims were still under-prepared and then over-reacted to the situation, which is typical for police. They flounder around "huffing and puffing" trying to convince the locals that they have the situation under control. All it really does is draw attention to how poorly they handled the situation. It only "cost" one officer his life and three others trips to the ERs/ORs to perform a small drug raid.

Sounds like these cops were not properly prepared for this raid. Why were they not wearing the proper body armor. Basic Boy Scout Motto "Be Prepared".

Sorry about the Chief, what a bummer this close to retirement.

Yes it does. Did they find the bag of pot they were looking for? I hope so - it will make it all worth the trouble! A few less ounces of weed on the street.

Wonder if the perp was wearing a hoodie?

big monsterman...that has got to be one of the dumbest posts i have ever seen. if you do not like our constitution i suggest you leave the country and do us all a favor.

was talking to a judge who told me it's gotten so bad that now if your parents have been convicted for possession of marihuana, for example, their children will be unable to get college grants and scholarships.

So you can buy weed but not save for your kid's education? What's next? sitting in a park DEMANDING that the taxpayers pick up the cost of that education?

Guess what? I have no problem with that theory.

Quote by other "was talking to a judge who told me it's gotten so bad that now if your parents have been convicted for possession of marihuana, for example, their children will be unable to get college grants and scholarships."

R. Scalzo quote

So you can buy weed but not save for your kid's education? What's next? sitting in a park DEMANDING that the taxpayers pick up the cost of that education?

Guess what? I have no problem with that theory

R. Can you not read?? Who said anything about such person can not afford an education? What happens is if a person(kid) or even their parents get caught of possession, even one joint that they or even their children can not get a scholarship or grant. Many state schools will also not let a convicted person admittance to the school due to being convicted of a felony.

So let's so you are a high scchool senior getting ready to go to a state college with a full or partial scholarship(living at home). At this time your mother is dying or suffering from Cancer and chronic wasting due to chemo. She decides to smoke a joint so she does not suffer as much and can actually eat something instead of puking for days on end. But then she gets caught. Well what happens is you loose your scholarship and may also not be admitted to that or any state college. Nevermind that SWAT also most likely kicked down your door, threw your mother on the floor then arrested her.

Stonedog34: Thank you.

The guy was probably a meth user. Also, steroids, taken over long periods of time, make you very agitated. Prayers for the chief's family.

agreed

Right, because it was the war on drugs that made the person kill a police officer... I am all for the legalization of drugs (with regulations of course), but lets put blame where it belongs here. A person chose to shoot at police officers rather than turning himself in for breaking the law, and as a result 3 people are dead.

Call me crazy, but I don't think this killer would have been a well adjusted, calm member of society if drugs had been legal. Unless you are implying the illegal drugs made him do it....

I have a resolution to the people that want to end the drug wars, PUT ARSENIC IN THE DRUGS HAAAAAAAAAA !

They tried that with paraquat, bubba. And, why was a police chief in on a drug raid anyway? The variety of drug(s) was/were not even mentioned in the article. I'll bet it was no more than a bag of weed...

Just a bag of weed? In that case, while I am greatly saddened by the loss of the police officer, I am not saddened that this world is now missing someone who would kill over a bag of weed...

4 police officers don't get shot over a bag of weed. Armored cars aren't called in over a bag of weed. Perps don't engage police officers armed with machine guns and armored cars over a bag of weed. That's insane.

What's even more odd about this story is the officer that had a bullet penetrate his skin and the chief that's dead. Did they think they were some sort of cowboys just going in with no vest? I doubt the suspects were suing any weapons capable of penetrating standard vests. Unless it was a .22 and they were using old vests which a lot of times were poorly constructed and a .22 could 'get in between the weave'. Even then the velocity after penetrating a vest and being a .22 it couldn't kill someone. The criminals would have to have used rifle rounds either 5.53mm or 7.62mm for example, to penetrate the vest.

Something is fishy about this story, or the cops were being idiots and I find it hard to feel bad for a dead idiot. It doesn't excuse the criminals by any means so don't think I'm picking their side.

Johnny N.

I have a resolution to the people that want to end the drug wars, PUT ARSENIC IN THE DRUGS HAAAAAAAAAA !

#3.5 - Fri Apr 13, 2012 7:05 AM EDT

suggesting people kill themselves is your answer to people wanting an end to a lost war on drugs... I would hope the mods ban you for suggesting such as less has resulted in bans . ( but this is Newsvine, they favor psychotic nuts like you )

But the drug problem would be ended in just a few short weeks. The smarter ones would stop. Drug addicts ARE killing themselves, and (like the story above) and innocent people with them. Maybe your mind would be changed if a druggie shot up your family.

@John Doe.

It's NH.This kind of thing never happens there.

I never locked the door to my house when I left to go into Manchester.

Unless you've lived there, don't criticize.

Hey TexasLaw ....

Another sad story I see ....

TexasLaw really has no idea what he is talking about. Ive know and know many people who smoke or have smoked weed (including my parents, who quite a long time ago, put at one point in time could be called "pot heads") As with any drug you will always have people who use it and abuse it. But there are still plenty of people who do just fine.

A little over reacting there OneDirtyRat ....

Don't you think .... ??

There needs to be a change in our drug policies.

Or maybe simply a change in how these city officers are trained. Local police officers use many techniques to avoid getting shot when entering any building. Many here were surprised to learn they even have Shields that are long enough to protect most of the body.

Many would wonder why it took so long to identify the drug the cops had previously collected - from July to January.

bigbenalaska:

If you think my comments were directed at you they weren't. I was responding to TexasLaw's comments.

And if you think I was overreacting to his/her comments well I totally disagree. I'm tired of the stereotyping and stigmatization of people who use or are addicted to drugs. There are many people in society who use drugs, illegal or legal, that are productive members of society and are NOT "useless wastes of space". And those people with serious drug addictions that are causing themselves and others damage they need to be treated as medical patients and not as criminals. Its comments like TexasLaw's that perpetuates hate and basically calls for a witch hunt.

brickwall:

Or maybe simply a change in how these city officers are trained.

Sorry, but I disagree. After 40+ years of failure and over a trillion dollars wasted and thousands of lives lost, the call for change has long since passed. If you support this war on drugs and drug prohibition then you are the one with blood on your hands.

Many would wonder why it took so long to identify the drug the cops had previously collected - from July to January.

Most drugs are "marked" in some way. However, steroids are usually not marked. I cant guess as to how they go about identifying drugs, but it prolly just takes longer when tis drug thats not very common on the street??

Ya, pot users are just fine upstanding people and pot isn't really a serious drug. Tell that to my friends little sister who was killed by a guy that was high and driving. Yep, he is certainly no waste of space. Too bad that little girl can't breathe the same air he is breathing.

Kelson:

Ya, pot users are just fine upstanding people and pot isn't really a serious drug.

Yes, this statement is very true.

The little sister's death is tragic and never should have happened. But, the problem with your attitude towards weed and pot smokers is misguided. You are taking out your anger and sorrow on pot and everyone who smokes weed when you really should be focusing your anger on the individual that took the little girl's life. You are stereotyping all pot smokers based on this one tragic instance. So are you going to categorize ALL drinkers of alcohol as not being upstanding citizens because some make the choice to drive drunk and kill someone?

Kelson

It is illegal to drive after taking NyQuil!!!! Would you say the same thing about your grandmother/father if they had plowed their car into a bus, driven by the pope, loaded with schoolchildren who were on their way to help disabled children in a burn unit by donating their skin for grafts or one of their kidney's, eyeballs, lungs, feet, hands?????? I would if I followed your logic!!!!!

Well I got back to late to defend myself. To hell with it.

One thing that I do take offense to and actually ticks me off is this bull@!$%# claim that what I had to say, perpetuates hate and basically calls for a witch hunt, it's called my opinion and view which you don't have to agree with. Most people are sick and tired of all the damn violence that comes WITH drugs. Gangs fighting for drug turf, people killing for drugs, people killin someone for shorting them a couple bucks on a drug deal. What good does it do?

Where are the good parts? You have upstanding people who do work everyday, who do manage to do something good during the day. But thats how it starts for alot of people, then they start losing everything slowly as the drug takes a stronger hold of them. Some MIGHT keep it hidden and manage to keep their daily doings, but alot don't. And even if they keep it hidden, it takes a toll on their families, wives, kids... arguments, fights, stealing. It's more then just themselves they screw up.

I love how a few of you are more worried about my comment and opinion about druggies, then you are with the fact those druggies killed someones dad, brother, son... for nothing other than doing their jobs. Nice to see what's most important too some people.

Makes me wonder what kind of stuff a few of you are into... I've never seen a non drug user get so defensive of drug users. Not saying it can't happen but it just seems very very un-ordinary.

Kelson

Where did this happen? Usually, when something like that occurs, the media is all over it and I haven't heard a word about it.

Right on ODR! Texas sucks in every measurable way...

Az85306 - seven years ago in NH.

OneDirtyRat - are you sure pot does nothing to your brain? Seems you can't even recognize sarcasm when you read it.

I love how a few of you are more worried about my comment and opinion about druggies, then you are with the fact those druggies killed someones dad, brother, son... for nothing other than doing their jobs. Nice to see what's most important too some people.

I know there are some folks who will have a joint once in a while and don't engage in other criminal activity. But I don't defend people who use drugs because they are breaking the law. I don't walk around punching people in the face because I disagree with assault laws. I don't make illegal copies of movies and music because I disagree with copyright laws. Disagreeing with a law does not give someone an excuse to break it, no matter how much of an upstanding citizen they are otherwise. It just makes them look like self-absorbed people who have a problem with authority.

Sam, I come from a family of drug addicts and I couldn't disagree with you more. Drugs are not ok. They destroy lives--not just the lives of the users, but the lives of everyone around them. Holiday preparations that start with discussions of who is going to be in or out of jail or rehab or too violent to manage to sit through dinner are not a way to live. Drugs suck. They are not harmless recreation. Reading a book or fishing--that's harmless recreation.

My prayers go out to the family of the fallen officer and to all those wounded--and to the family of the addict/dealer who need to put their lives back together.

Ya, pot users are just fine upstanding people and pot isn't really a serious drug. Tell that to my friends little sister who was killed by a guy that was high and driving. Yep, he is certainly no waste of space. Too bad that little girl can't breathe the same air he is breathing.

Or you can tell Richard Bramson, Carl Sagan and Steve Jobs what wastes of space they were. Hard as you may try, things are seldom black and white. There are always infinite shades of gray. Try putting some nuance in your thinking and you might wise up some day.

Some drug users are extremely productive and some are drags on society. I tend to think they would have been either drugs or not.

TexasLaw

Druggies and thugs are useless wastes of space and not worth the air they breathe.

RIP To these officers killed and hope that nobody wounded has any lasting injuries.

Well...I have to guess you are more than happy to "DRINK TO THAT" remark and tie one on with YOUR favorite drug...alcohol. hypocritical texas redneck with head up butt, as usual.

Reading a book or fishing--that's harmless recreation.

Not if you're a tree or a fish... I'm kidding.

I'm waiting for the inevitable screams about "black on black crime". Oh, right. This was a white on white crime. Then I'm waiting for the screams about how we have to stop the insane amounts of white on white crime that happen yet nobody wants to talk about b/c it's politically incorrect. [crickets].

Well...I have to guess you are more than happy to "DRINK TO THAT" remark and tie one on with YOUR favorite drug...alcohol. hypocritical texas redneck with head up butt, as usual.

Lol are you kidding me? Texas Redneck? MY favorite drug is Alcohol?... Sir just where the Fk do you get off acting like you know a damn thing about me?. IF you want to come off as intelligent and look like you have a clue as to what you are talking about, the first step is to stop stereotyping all Texans as those you see in movies. I am 24, I have been drunk 4 times in my life. The last time I had a drink was over 5 months ago and that was 2 beers at my birthday.

Having a drink or two doesn't make it my drug, doesn't make me a redneck alcoholic. Besides you're throwing redneck around... Half the people who grow food for this country, transport it to towns all over the US, lay the roads down, build those houses and buildings... All are rednecks in some form or fashion. But I know I know... Saying Redneck is just a way for you to try and insult someone because you have no better way to argue. It's alright... Someone here definitely has their head up their ass and I promise you it isn't this Alcoholic Texan.

kelson:

Sorry. Sometimes it's hard to tell. Thanks for the clarification. No, pot hasn't affected my brain. Thanks.

It's been long past time that we end the war on drugs and drug prohibition and put an end to tragedies such as this one.

But, adam44, just exactly how would you "take out the garbage"? What's your idea or plan to deal with the drug issues in this country? (something tells me it involves death squads, but I could be wrong)

OneDirtyRat ....

Tell that to someone like Whitney Houston ....

Oh yea ....

Too late for that one ....

bigbendalaska:

Your comments are pretty ironic it's not funny at all.

I find it in very poor taste you would bring up a tragedy like Whitney Houston in defense of perpetuating the drug war.

You do realize that just proves how much the war on drugs and drug prohibition has failed, right?

bigben brings up a totally valid point. Houston was a long time coke user which is why she had a heart attack, and fell over into the bathtub half full of water and drown. She also had several other drugs in her system, though legal.

And just what exactly is his point?

Adam....well said! Everybody knows where all the garbage is....and the cops do also but their hands are tied by ACLU ! The garbage is really beginning to smell bad!

Ya fruitloop baby...we know where the trash is...we see it daily in the news, pepper spraying handcuffed people that are sitting down being quit....batons crushing their skulls in for speaking up about corruption in DC and wall-street...

Ya we know where the real trash is at...it's a shame there are a few good cops in that mix of sh1t we call a police force.

How to take out the trash OneDirtyRat? Very simple. When drugs are seized by law enforcement they should poison it then put it back on the streets. Do that enough times and the problem is solved. Bye-bye.

Exactly ....

RIP to the officer. But as Sensible stated. A RAID for STEROIDS???? This doesn't condone killing any human being, but honestly, the police should not have been there in the first place.

Maybe they were there because of a complaint ....

Someones kid on roids ....

Where did you get them type deal ....

I suppose. But there are worse things for a kid to be on.... I was just expecting this to be some sort of Meth lab raid.

Educate yourselves about steroids, people. I'd rather help my child recover from heroin addiction than see him on 'roids. They change the person's personality in a way few other drugs do. And they don't do much for your looks, either. A guy puffed out on 'roids looks as bad as a woman whose face has been lifted up past her eyebrows.

J guess all the complaints from the neighbors should go unanswered. Guess a little Roid Rage is fine.

Educate yourselves about steroids, people. I'd rather help my child recover from heroin addiction than see him on 'roids. They change the person's personality in a way few other drugs do. And they don't do much for your looks, either. A guy puffed out on 'roids looks as bad as a woman whose face has been lifted up past her eyebrows

HAHAHAHAHA - you really have not a clue in the world about steroids do you? I think it you who needs to "educate" yourself. I'm willing to bet more people have died from heroin than steroids......

Airborn... the cops should throw a match in there and let'em burn!

Where has reading comprehension gone in this country? Did you two geniuses read the first paragraph where it said the guys is dead?

Ohhh pssshhhhhh,,,,, details, details...

"8 days from retiring? "Boys...got a 'hot one' here. Go take care of it and radio me if you need anything!"

Bad choice to be a hero today."

He was doing his job. He was on the drug task force. All of the police officers hurt cam from different stations. They were serving a search warrant when they were open fired on. It wasn't a choice and it is about as insensitive as you can get to make these asinine comments.

RIP Chief Maloney - my thoughts and prayers are with your family. Thank you for the 26 years of service to your community.

A horrifically crude reminder of how fragile life is, especially, for those who protect and serve. G*d Bless the Maloney family and all of the Officers wounded, during what would have been a routine police matter.

Whatever provocation, no matter the depth of the crime, this fabric of this small southern N.H. community has forever been changed. Senseless, pointless and utterly tragic, my prayers and support to all of the families mourning, grieving and crying over the loss of Chief Maloney and his subordinate Officers in the hospital.

You have paid the ultimate sacrifice, Chief Maloney. May you rest in eternal peace.

Yeah, more violence....that's the solution.

NOT!

yea thats right . like the woman some years back in china ,played sick one day so while everyone was out working but her she stole a dress from another who scrimped and saved for it, she got 1 year for stealing the dress and LIFE for ENVY! thats the kind of law i want in America. how bout we put coke and crack and meth on every streetlamp. i bet in a matter of weeks no more drug problem. no more mothers getting robbed or fathers for their money to buy dope. if they are that hooked they be dead in no time they will camp out and give up everything for it, including their own lives. Then the rest of you perfect people can get on with your pure lives

I hope you are being sarcastic. Otherwise, you would make Hitler proud.

Please i dont deserve to be mentioned in same sentence with Hitler. oh and you do know hitler got the idea for his camps from america and the way american indians were treated by the US Government. Right? And im serious as a heart attack.

Mon-el did the Americans gas the Indians then burn their bodies into ashes?

no they gave them small pox blankets and let them die real slow ...sneak attatcked whole village's...put them on reservations...but i don't think they wasted the wood to burn us into ashes...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmFTv9RUIVM

What about all the people that the drug dealers kill, if not with violence, with bad dope. What about the children born with drug addiction that die a slow and painful death from withdrawl? Offer up a better solution that doesn't involve tax payers having to support the low life addicts in prison/ jail, or paying their medical bills (obamacare/ medicaid) then I will listen. America is losing the drug war, and I believe that if we REALLY cracked down it would get better. maybe China does have it right.

What happened to the Indians was not right, but their is no use crying about it and being hateful now. There is nothing that can be done to undo it. it wasn't the people that are alive today, and the ones responsible can answer to a higher power. Same thing with the black slaves. I get sick of hearing about it and I am black.

@Concernedbystupidity

America lost the War on Alcohol, too. Think we should REALLY crack down harder on that as well, maybe do it right like they do in Muslim countries? Hell, if they set the standard of prohibition then it has to be right... right?

one dirty rat ever hear of the trail of tears? learn some history before you say things. i personally gave a probable solution all you do is complain its not right its a waste so let everyone do whatever they want thats no solution. but maybe your chinese law in America will come about soon, especially with the current administration and the new Democratic party hardline. Good luck with that. Ta

learn some history before you say things

How did you arrive at that comment based on the short opinions I posted? Using violence to control drug users is wrong in my opinion. It reeks of Nazism. I don't need to study history to know that is wrong.

Many countries put dealers and traffickers to death...

Many of the same countries also treat drug addiction as a disease, providing FREE health care...

But hey the USA method is so much better. Give EVERYONE a criminal record and supply FREE jails so they can receive FREE medical care and job training...

He is white. Here is his facebook page.

Cullen Mutrie
http://www.facebook.com/Cullen82

Greenland is mostly, if not all, white, and the name Cullen Mutrie is Anglo. The Somalians I think tend to live in Maine where they ruin the local area as you mention.

The race of the thug does not matter, We have another Officer down, My prayers go out to his family

Brokenheart-1490693

Why did you go there, if you what race do you the think the killer was, he was not black, think ahout it, location, type of drug. I will give you a hint. HE WAS WHITE, does that help

http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071010/NEWS/710100377

-the media does NOT make society divided by race

-"people" like brokenherated stir up racial issues...the REAL issue here is that an Officer has passed away in the line of duty...

-just like the murder at the daycare last week, the issue was THREE daycare workers were killed, and a bunch of ****s kept asking "what color was the suspect"

-every race, ethnicity, color, religion, socio-economic status, sexual orientation has its good AND bad

brokenheart-1490693

-the media does not use race to divide the country, "people" like you do!

-the ISSUE at hand is that an officer passed away in the line of duty

-using the logic applied by you and SalMonella-"i hear the white people in NH are ruining the community by dealing drugs and shooting cops"

Of course he's white, there's only 6 pages of comments here.

Brokenheart = Birdbrain

(Please also understand that drugs ALWAYS create a SERIOUS element of uncertainty, so PLEASE respond accordingly. And don't EVER let your guard down, or it may cost you (and your family) your precious life and/or your chosen profession.) - RC

(You can suit up before or you can suit up after (for your funeral). I can only hope the industry as well as the public will make it convenient for you to choose.) - RC

Rick, Richard, Dick! How about we just change our stupid prohibition laws and keep the paramilitary police from breaking down people's doors?

I swear, we are turning into a goddamned police state!

Just allow the crime to run rampart and destroy the neighborhood. the residents themselves wanted them out. The public didn't want them and there was NO PARAMILITARY RAID. In fact they probably took less precautions because he's known to them.

This simply points out the fact that drug dealers are scum and increased means are needed to weed them out.

They may be a hero to losers who have no other dreams than to sit in a park and DEMAND the country take care of their every need with no output from them. Those days are over. The reaction of this dealer shows what the poison he was selling is capable of by the users.

How about we just change our stupid prohibition laws and keep the paramilitary police from breaking down people's doors?

I swear, we are turning into a goddamned police state!

The kind of person with the willingness to murder a police chief and injure 4 other police officers is not the kind of neighbor I want. I don't know about you. This isn't about drug prohibition. We're not talking about some kid with a bag of weed selling it to his pals. We're talking about a cold-blooded killer who would do anything to carry on with his criminal activity. If the crime weren't drugs, you can bet it would be something worse.

Just allow the crime to run rampart and destroy the neighborhood. the residents themselves wanted them out. The public didn't want them and there was NO PARAMILITARY RAID. In fact they probably took less precautions because he's known to them.

Perhaps you read a different (version) article than I did. I didn't read in the article were the perp greeted the officers at the door and asked them to come in. And although this was probably set up after the shooting, taking over a school for a command center and deplying a tank with a battering ram sounds pretty "paramilitary-ish" to me.

I also didn't read where this perp was "DEMAND(ing) the country take care of (his) every need". My understanding is that the dude was a firefighter. Again, maybe you know other details from another article.

This isn't about drug prohibition. We're not talking about some kid with a bag of weed selling it to his pals. We're talking about a cold-blooded killer who would do anything to carry on with his criminal activity. If the crime weren't drugs, you can bet it would be something worse.

This whole incident IS about prohibition. Without that the officers wouldn't have had a reason to be there. Please don't confuse my statements, I'm not advocating for anarchy. What I'm saying is that our current laws and the aura of the "war on drugs" allows police departments to arm police officers as if they were in a battlefield and encourages them to treat the citizenry as if we were enemy combatants. Therefore they should not be surprised when in the procecution of a "war" someone is bound to shoot back. I never glorified the perp. I've never advocated for killing cops.

If you are comfortable with living under oppresive law enforcement agencies armed to the teeth with heavy weaponery and tanks, knock yourself out. I am not and therefore I am speaking out.

Chief thought he would have one last big 'drug bust' and it would be safe as there was no crack or meth...just some health nuts body boosting 'supplement'...

as to that neighbor...people do have porch lights on, security (ya if you want security you must be up to no good...wonder how you feel about the US government then..must think of Washington DC as a coven of terrorist huh....), and do have house traffic at wee hours...when they WORK ODD HOURS...knee jerk reactionary neighbors force fed propaganda for so long they stop thinking for themselves, and rely on LEO to define 'NORMAL'....

As Farnswoth said "I don't want to live on this planet anymore"

All of this over anabolic steroids?

Then why is NJ crucifying those cops and firemen that bought them a few years back? Everyone jumped on the bandwagon to call for their hanging. Now it's ok? Clueless at best.

This guy was so HARMLESS yet reacted in this manner. Screw the drug dealers and those that paint them as just good old friendly people.

I've seen what steroids do to a mind. This reaction clearly points that out.

It wasn't a raid, as you are being led to believe. The officers were simply carrying out a search warrant, as Cullen was arrested in July for having 7 guns and a LOT of steroids. He was indited by the NH grand jury and the officers were carrying out the warrant. No one was trying to be a "hero", they were doing their jobs.

The area where he lives is not at all a high traffic area, it's well known that he has parties there that rage until the early morning hours. Everyone knows what goes on there, it's not like its normal for people to be partying and coming and going at all hours. You have no idea what you are talking about.

(By now you all should know what they say, "assumption is the mother of all 'screw ups' ". Assume NOTHING, law enforcement personnel, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, or you may very well pay with your dear, precious lives !!!) - RC

(I think may times the appropriate policy to follow is to have a very visible police van parked outside, with a LAAW pointed at the residence. Think about this, SERIOUSLY, if you really want to head off future trouble.)

(If someone is determined to commit "suicide by cop", you ABSOLUTELY MUST be ready to accommodate them, or else risk paying with your own precious lives. Please understand that at this point these people basically constitute domestic terrorists, and they are ALWAYS prepared to pay with their own lives IN THE PROCESS OF COMMITTING SUICIDE!) - RC

They need to be just as careful for the domestic violence calls, too. They should wear all the gear available to them.

SWAT knows their jobs, which most of the time constitutes swatting a "fly". - RC

Rick,

In all seriousness, it is exactly your attitude that makes people want to shoot you a$$holes.

You are exactly the kind of douche that should not be entrusted with a badge.

Ronster369, you see what's really going on. Welcome to the United Police States of America. When you have cops running around with machine guns, tanks, armored vehicle carriers, and robots, you're living in a police state. Sieg Heil! Heil Hitler! The Gestapo is alive and well in the United States of America.

Don't let the red, white and blue door hit you in the a$$ on your way out.

Wow. there are some sick people on here today. Eddie is as big an asshoole as is humanly possible. most people are repulsed by cop killers. this is a very sad story and he rejoices in it.

Dude - You sound like a misguided Sherriff Arpaio groupie. It's because of people like you that our state sucks as much as it does. Thanks a lot, teabagging Einstein - Signed Ron from Phoenix

Ban handguns.

... and rifles and hacksaws...and...

Forks, knives, meat cleavers and automobiles, and...................

and teeter-totters

good call tumbleweed. Viva Arizona. screw liberals who rejoice in cop killers.

Cheetah, Hot & Freedom...WELL PLAYED!!!