Police officer shot in back of head

I do not want to start a war of words, but I feel like I need to speak what is on my mind in regards to the shooting last night. I am saddened, and upset by the shoot. It seems just when things might be getting just a little bit calmer, something like this shakes the Rochester area. And it does shake the whole region, not just the city.

What is on my mind though, is how people are reacting is this situation, verses say when the young man was shot on Anthony Street in July. Was the Mayor and Governor, and 80 police officers at the hospital comforting the family, and demanding something be done! Was there an extra effort to find out who did it? It just really upsets me when I see people from different segments of the population be treated differently, then a poor kid from the wrong side of town.

I'm afraid that the shooting last night, and it's subsequent reaction from the Mayor, Governor, and the police, is just going to continue to cement the feeling that the police are more important than you or I.

A tragedy has occurred in Rochester last night, and it will not be the last. But can we at least start to recognize that we need a community wide out poring EVERY time a tragedy occurs? One that includes the Mayor, the Governor and the whole police force?

Well those are my thoughts and dreams for Rochester.
My well wishes and prayers to the officer and his family.
-Shawn O'Hara

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Permalink Reply by Shawn on February 4, 2009 at 8:04pm

I have not heard a thing in regards to Adam. I'm going to try and track some stuff down. Maybe I'll email him and see what's up.

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Permalink Reply by Shawn on February 5, 2009 at 12:06pm

Thanks for Sheri for being on top of this. We do not watch TV, and are turned off by the spin the D&C puts on the news. It is hard to get accurate and insightful information in this day and age of corporate media control. I can see how things can become twisted around. But then again I believe it is up to the individual not to feed into it either. Just the facts would be great. And don't be played, and don't play the media. But that is a discussion for another time.

-Shawn

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Permalink Reply by Shawn on February 4, 2009 at 8:02pm

I agree Margy, so many questions. I feel it shows that we have SO much work to do as a city, to stop the cycle, and addiction of crime in Rochester. We know that education is a key to the equation, but it's the part of the equation that takes a generation to accomplish. And I'm not sure as a city we are even on the same page as how to accomplish that. So in the mean time what do we do? A lot of questions, and none of them are easy to answer.