Chicagoist: Wounded CPD Officer Dies

fed up

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:16:10 -0600

Yeah he was praying with a gun in the car saw the police coming to do a search warrant and opened fire. He has previous convictions for att. murder and 2 burglary's but he is a good guy. His house is set up with survallance camera's so he can see who is cominp and had 3 attack dogs plus more firearms inside. But lets make him the victim here. No wonder the police dont care.

JuliaPorter

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:00:34 -0600

Agreed, Streets. It's also unfortunate that the Trib spent more time talking about what a great guy Lamar Cooper is than they did talking about a murdered police officer. Cooper's family going on the news, claiming that he was just sitting in his car and praying, is one of the more disgusting displays I've seen in my life as well. If that's the case, who killed Officer Taylor, widowed his wife and left his child without her father? The bogeyman?

rhoswhen

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:45:15 -0600

It's the truth, Streets.

Streets

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:26:45 -0600

Seems a shame that the only times nice things are really said about the police in the media are after one of them has been shot.

Ingrid

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:19:22 -0600

When I was growing up my parents had a good friend who was a cop. They had known him since they were all kids and he was just the neatest guy in the world to me. I remember him saying one time that the scariest call to go on as a police officer is into someone's home. I also remember being shocked by this...in my young mind I couldn't understand how someone's house could be scarier than the mean streets. What a sad, sad story....the victim sounded like a stand up guy.

Von Erich

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:04:53 -0600

I'm sure that whole neighborhood felt they were targets of the po-leese. Lamar Cooper is not cartel drug lord. He wasn't going to build basketball courts and hold festivals on the street. And selling and manufacturing drugs out of a house in an urban area is not safe for a neighborhood. Just like meth labs don't fill the air with the smell of lavender and lilac.

Albanyparkour

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:52:34 -0600

"I am really kind of shocked. We believed he was trying to keep our block safe." From the other drug dealers? Don't trust the police, trust the convicted murderer. Unreal.

ophmarketing

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:48:34 -0600

"It's just sad. He's going to be labeled as the bad guy -- like we'd all be labeled as a bad guy." Yeah, well...that sort of thing's going to happen when you open fire on a police officer, try to hide cocaine, and have a house full of drugs, weapons, and surveillance cameras. You know, on top of having the prior convictions for attempted murder and burglary.