After Officer Is Killed In The Line Of Duty, Woman Reminds Us What We Should Be Sharing

Last week, a police officer in Baltimore County was killed in the line of duty. The 29-year-old officer responded to an afternoon phone call and was killed during a confrontation with the suspects. A couple days later, Ash Leigh of Bel Air, MD, posted the slain officer's photo on Facebook and asked people to share it. This is why...



Amy Caprio. Credit: Ash Leigh / Facebook


"This is Amy. This is what needs to be shared.

Amy was a police officer in Baltimore County. Amy went to work wanting to make a difference. Amy put her uniform on everyday, never second guessed it and left her family behind. She drove her police car, listened to her radio and took every call. She saw things that no human should have to. She stood proud and loved what she did. Amy never thought that her life would end.

Amy was a human. A human that deserved to live.

She has a family, a husband, a home. She had a world outside of the Kevlar, outside of the glock, outside of the badge. She had dinner plans, weekend plans and vacation ideas. She had dreams and aspirations, AND A RIGHT TO GO HOME.

I didn't know Amy. But I know many like her.

My husband has been a deputy for 17 years. I couldn't tell you how many calls he's responded to just like Amy's last. How many times he's approached a stranger to protect the public. How many times he's put his life on the line. How many times our friends have done that. Honestly, I don't even want to think about it.

But I can tell you a few other things. I can tell you what Velcro sounds like. The thump of work boots, a glock going into a holster, a badge hitting the kitchen table, what an impala sounds like coming down my court at 2am, and bullets in the dryer. (Yes, that does happen) And I can tell you the relief that some of these sounds cause. Why relief? Because I know he's home.

We shouldn't share the people that did this to her. We need to share her. Celebrate her. Remember her.

Amy will be laid to rest this week. I will watch my husband go through the motions. He will pull out his honor guard uniform, arrange all of his pins, make sure the ropes are perfect on his shoulder. He will shine his shoes, shine is belt, and find his hat. He will look for a new pair of white gloves, iron his dress shirt and stand tall with his brothers and sisters. Sadly, this is now the new normal for them. The final send off, the final goodbye.

As a spouse you never think about if they don't come home. You can't. You'll drive yourself crazy. You live each day like it's normal. Is it always in the back of your head? Do you have plans in case the most horrible thing happens? Yes. But you never dwell.

A few years ago we were Baltimore County. Harford County knows all too well what this is like.

I pray for her husband.

I ask that people not share the pathetic souls that did this to her. Share her, share her life and her story. Inspire people to want to be like her. We need more people like her in this world. Share stories about her fellow officers. Ask if they are okay. Share stories about how they save the world one radio call at a time. Talk about all the good that they do. Show the bright side of our thin blue line.. because lord knows that it is a very misunderstood subject.

We need people to want to make a difference. It's the only chance our children have.

Rest easy Amy. You know they have it from here. Watch over them, look after them. They need you to have their six."

https://www.sunnyskyz.com/blog/2514/After-Officer-Is-Killed-In-The-Line-Of-Duty-Woman-Reminds-Us-What-We-Should-Be-Sharing


Why, all lives matter.

Yes, fortunately there is not a concerted effort to kill female police officers.

She is lovely and we morn her loss.

Original Quill wrote:Yes, fortunately there is not a concerted effort to kill female police officers.

She is lovely and we morn her loss.

Seems to be a concerted effort to kill many Police officers by criminals

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_police_officers_killed_in_the_line_of_duty

Mmm...like there is a concerted effort for fire to find firefighters, I imagine.

Crime is nondiscriminatory, and crime fighters just naturally tend to be in the same vicinity.

the NRA and the 2nd amendment adherents decided her life was not worth as much as their hobby.
this is Gun Culture, this is what you support if you support Gun Culture. it is that simple.

prayers are pointless, if the author gave a single shit about the future for the children of the USA they would seek to Fix the OBVIOUS reason why this happens and will keep happening while Gun Culture exists.

http://time.com/5288986/maryland-teens-kill-cop-amy-caprio/

Some people really need to think before they post. As this officer was not gunned down.

Many cops are good people, just simple doing there job and their lives matter too.

Didge wrote:Many cops are good people, just simple doing there job and their lives matter too.

You can't generalize from specifics. Many cops...most cops...all it takes is a few to spoil the party.

Original Quill wrote:

Didge wrote:Many cops are good people, just simple doing there job and their lives matter too.

You can't generalize from specifics.  Many cops...most cops...all it takes is a few to spoil the party.

Do you apply that to Black people?

White people?

Asian people?

Christians?

Muslims?

So its basically you generalizing to say all it takes is a few to spoil the party.

Didge wrote:

Original Quill wrote:

You can't generalize from specifics.  Many cops...most cops...all it takes is a few to spoil the party.

Do you apply that to Black people?

White people?

Asian people?

Christians?

Muslims?

So its basically you generalizing to say all it takes is a few to spoil the party.

But, that is to speak of a group (i.e., "a few"). What I said was, you can't generalize from specifics.

When you generalize, all that is required is that you have a plurality, and you are statistically consistent. The only thing you cannot do is generalize from a specific...a common error. With a specific there is no plurality from which to derive a conclusion.

Original Quill wrote:

Didge wrote:


Do you apply that to Black people?

White people?

Asian people?

Christians?

Muslims?

So its basically you generalizing to say all it takes is a few to spoil the party.

But, that is to speak of a group (i.e., "a few").  What I said was, you can't generalize from specifics.

When you generalize, all that is required is that you have a plurality, and you are statistically consistent.  The only thing you cannot do is generalize from a specific...a common error.  With a specific there is no plurality from which to derive a conclusion.

I can generalize on the fact that most cops do not commit crimes and do uphold the law.

I can also go off humans and how they act in the interest of humans

I can also go off the charity of people

I can also go off what I see and read about the good that cops do

I can go off about how they end up saving many lives

So again the reality is that most cops are good people and their lives matter too

But you are deflecting from your poor point and trying to get out of it

So again, you said all it takes is a few to spoil it

Does this apply to then all groups?

Well, now you are getting into the substance of some generalizations. I am merely talking about the genre of generalizations. You need a plurality in order to generalize.

It is necessary to put forth evidence to substantiate one's claims. I don't argue with the truth or falsity of any of your claims, just that they are so far unsubstantiated by you.

BTW...what do you mean by "go off"? Are you a firecracker? Lol.

What a surprise that Quill yet again deflects from his original point, where he generalized.

Twice  I asked you on whether this applied to other groups and you completely ducked out of answering

Priceless

Didge wrote:What a surprise that Quill yet again deflects from his original point, where he generalized.

Twice  I asked you on whether this applied to other groups and you completely ducked out of answering

Priceless

Officer Caprio was not a group.  She is/was a specific, single individual.  Pointing to her, in your third post, you were trying to make the argument that many cops are "good people".  That may be so, but you can't generalize from specifics.  That requires quantitative substantiation.

In a thread (which you started) speaking about a single individual, where did you get the idea that we are talking about groups?  I just pointed out to you, supra, that you can't generalize from specifics.  Did you not understand?

Didge wrote:

Original Quill wrote:

You can't generalize from specifics.  Many cops...most cops...all it takes is a few to spoil the party.

Do you apply that to Black people?

White people?

Asian people?

Christians?

Muslims?

So its basically you generalizing to say all it takes is a few to spoil the party.

I see Quill again avoided for the third time

Still waiting Quill and it does not matter how many times you continue to deflect

Didge wrote:

Didge wrote:


Do you apply that to Black people?

White people?

Asian people?

Christians?

Muslims?

So its basically you generalizing to say all it takes is a few to spoil the party.

I see Quill again avoided for the third time

Still waiting Quill and it does not matter how many times you continue to deflect

Once again, when we (you) started this thread we were talking about a single person. Suddenly, you were making generalizations about a group...police officers. I merely pointed out that you can't generalize about specifics...a single police officer.

I don't mean to suggest that you are stupid, but you are indeed a dull boy. You don't read with any concentration, and as a result your mind wanders and gets off track. Then, when people don't follow you, you get angry at everyone and start these ridiculous tiffs.

It's a bit sad, didge. You can't be very happy that way.

Didge wrote:

Original Quill wrote:

You can't generalize from specifics.  Many cops...most cops...all it takes is a few to spoil the party.

Do you apply that to Black people?

White people?

Asian people?

Christians?

Muslims?

So its basically you generalizing to say all it takes is a few to spoil the party.

I see Quill again avoided for the fourth time

Still waiting Quill and it does not matter how many times you continue to deflect

You see I know why you are avoiding Quill, as you put your foot in it, as they say, by such a comment

White or Asian is by Birth so Not in anyway comparable to a career which is by choice

And in Groups which are Entrusted with Public Confidence then YES 100% a few spoil the whole group, particularly when the group fails to 'self regulate' it's membership to weed out and remove/punish those that spoil it by abusing the Public Confidences they were entrusted with

Like this guy
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/police-release-bodycam-footage-of-their-controversial-arrest-where-a-bikiniclad-mum-gets-punched-in-the-head/news-story/866625a266c1374cc60167971b9c53aa

So we have an answer

Muslims who commit terrorism according to Veya, spoil it for the rest

Blacks who commit crime, spoil it for the rest

Hence why we have xenophobia and racism, due to people then steotyping all black people and Muslims this way.

Hence why its also wrong to sterotype the Police this way based off some who break the law and commit wrongs themselves.

Didge wrote:So we have an answer

Muslims who commit terrorism according to Veya, spoil it for the rest

Blacks who commit crime, spoil it for the rest

Hence why we have xenophobia and racism, due to people then steotyping all black people and Muslims this way.

Hence why its also wrong to sterotype the Police this way based off some who break the law and commit wrongs themselves.

SO you have no concept of 'trusted position'
and think a Career is the same as Race (and religion)
You sir are a dumb ass
You are Incredibly Racist to even suggest that a Chosen Career is the Same as something that someone is born with no control over.
there is NO comparison between Stereotyping Police and Stereotyping a Race, only in your Racist mind is such a thing comparable

and Like you keep being told READ motherfucker READ! can you understand sentences?
Cause clearly I am NOT talking about some random group it is a HIGHLY SPEPCIFC group that includes Law enforcement, medical professions, Politicians and Military (etc). If you don't know these Groups, which are Entrusted with Public Confidence, have additional Legal Rights & Responsibilities and Community expectations than YOU ARE a complete moron, literally you don't know the basics of civilization


and Muslims and Blacks that commit crimes do Spoil it for the rest, it does effect public opinion of the entire group.
is it right that it does? not really.
DO they have a legal and Community expectation to ensure the Highest standards of it's membership? No they don't.
DO they have the Ability to Fire or in someway reject those that do wrong? no they don't. they can't stop someone claiming to Muslim.
So ZERO in common with the police force which does have the exceptions and Does have control over it membership through employment

I see Veya still cannot grasp the point

Quill thinks the Police in the US are inherantly racist and based off a small number of shootings, that lead to some blacks dying

Most are in confrontations and some could be racist, but based off this and a history of racism in the US. Leads Quill to poorly sterotype the Police

The same happens with Black people and crime and Muslims with terrorism. Its how bad sterotypes and fears form. Then hatred forms off this. All because of poor sterotypes based around people from groups.

So it should never look badly on others based on their identity, which is what is wrong with people when they do, because when people commit crimes, they have done so based on their individual beliefs.

So to say a trusted position is utterly irrelevant, as we are talking about groups of people and within all walks of life, you have some bad people. Some influenced by hate.

So there is nothing racist in what I have said and you do as you always do when you lose a rational argument and continual do this

Didge, this thread wasn't started to talk about police generally.  It was started to pay hornoage to Police Officer Amy Caprio, of Baltimore, MD.  Although, I could see you were aching to make it about the politics of policing, disrespecting Officer Caprio.

In an attempt to keep the thread on track, I opposed your abrupt pivot to make it about police politics (your third post in thread).  You tried to extrapolate and paint all police with the patina of the lovely Officer Caprio.  In an effort to keep the thread on track, and continue to honor Officer Caprio, I pointed out your extrapolation was illogical...you can't generalize from specifics, as any idiot knows.

Since then, all hell has broken loose.  You have attacked veya and me, claiming that we are somehow on the other end of your (reincarnated) argument, that police are unfairly maligned.  There is no campaign against police (but some of them can go bad...which is a side point to be made) but you have exploded into a rage on a completely new issue, which is wholly irrelevant.

I gave you the benefit of the doubt, even though I could see you were heading for this sleight of hand.  You're not clever.  You're not original.  We can see right through you.  Give it up and go back to honoring Officer Caprio, you disrespectful cretin.  Stop using the honor of this gallant woman as a springboard for your irrelevant cause.

So still more excuses, now lying claiming I am attacking you and Veya, when I have done no such thing and all to deflect away from answering

At least Veya was honest enough the answer it and yet you still keep deflecting and lying

I asked you a very simple question based off how you had decided to view the police based off a few who spoil the party

I asked if you appllied this to other groups and you constantly have continually looked to deflect

That shows me you are too scared to answer, as I know it will make you look a complete hypocrite

So you can slag me off all you like, It still shows and proves all you can do is poorly look to deflect from a really poor comment you made and what is even worse. We both know that you did.

You simple wont own up to it

What is even worse, is that you are using this fake outrage over the thread, when you normally and continually slag of the US Police, constantly calling them racist. So am sorry, not buying your fake outrage either. Its only been you and Veye being abusive here. Where if you cannot take how views diverge and based off what in fact you said, then go be a cry baby. That is your problem not mine. 

Everyone knows I posted this in honour of the Officer and how I think its wrong how the US Police get such a bad press from the media and people, espcially you.

suggesting that a Chosen Career is the Same as something that someone is born with no control over

What next someone that joins the KKK shouldn't be stereotyped?
there is NO comparison, So didge never made a valid point.

Race and Gender are Something you are Born with!!! that is why it wrong to stereotype them.
It is NOT wrong to stereotype someone based of CHOICES they make.

And this isn't even going into the Institutional issues of Covering up for Bad officers, which Rightfully draws Condemnation on the WHOLE police force.

veya_victaous wrote:suggesting that a Chosen Career is the Same as something that someone is born with no control over

What next someone that joins the KKK shouldn't be stereotyped?
there is NO comparison, So didge never made a valid point.

Race and Gender are Something you are Born with!!! that is why it wrong to stereotype them.
It is NOT wrong to stereotype someone based of CHOICES they make.

And this isn't even going into the Institutional issues of Covering up for Bad officers, which Rightfully draws Condemnation on the WHOLE police force.

Actually they are born human beings and its those human beings that have labelled them black and white

As we are all one biological race and thus they are born as human beings, as black and white is no more than a social construct

People are neither born Muslim and Christian, this is generally forced onto them from birth, by parents. Just as racial labels are forced onto people from society

So on every level you are wrong and again its labels that what is wrong and how many people end up getting labelled and then stereotyped

I never even mentioned gender, but you are certainly not born with a race, as they do not exist biologically

Religion is a choice

A job is a choice

Humanity has labelled humans into different races and is not a choice, but has the choice to throw off these labels.

Gender seems very much to be a choice these days

The reality is this, everyone is individuals and should be seen based on what their actions are. Not have this apply to anyone else

Races exist, they don't even need to be biological. that is merely a requirement YOU made up based on your own idiocy.

You're just a naïve snowflake
IF you want to deal in Reality and not didge's snowflake Fairyland then MAYBE someone might take you seriously.

YOU DON'T CHOOSE THE LABEL SOCIETY GIVE YOU!!!! that is literally the basis of the anti-racism/anti-homophobia movement.

everyone is individuals and should be seen based on what their actions are.

Like CHOOSING to join the Police!!!!! like Continuing to be part of a force that covers up Racist, Dangerous and corrupt Members. BY your own perfect naïve scenario it is FINE to judge all cops based on THEIR individual CHOICES and ACTIONS.

And he is back to being abusive and races only exist as a social construct in humans, they ae not biological


https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/06/16/how-fluid-is-racial-identity/race-and-racial-identity-are-social-constructs

I said its fine to judge individuals, and he thinks that then this means its fine to judge groups collectivelly. No its fine to judge an individual cop on that individual action they do, whether good or bad.

I guess this is the gifted school that Veya went to and this is him trying to get in, because the reality is Veya is no more than a poor little potty mouth who is all tough behind his PC

Who in the real world would not say boo to a goose, the internet has aloud weaklings to think they are tough.

And he thinks I am bothered by his poor name calling and thinks I need to take him seriously, when he has to be the dumbest poster on this forum ha ha ha

I do not need recognition from a angry little boy

Oh the poor little special boy that he is..