The off-duty police officer who was fatally shot by police in Harlem last night as he chased a burglar with his gun drawn died from a gunshot wound from the chest. But a spokeswoman for the city medical examiner says that though the fatal bullet was recovered from the front of Officer Omar Edwards's chest, the bullet actually entered the left side of his back before hitting his heart and left lung. Another bullet struck his left arm, and a third hit his left hip. The NYPD is still withholding the name of the white cop who fired on Edwards and is conducting an investigation to determine whether officers identified themselves. But Rev. Al Sharpton wants a federal investigation; speaking to 1010WINS, he says sees "a growing pattern of black officers being killed with the assumption that they are the criminals." On that note, City Room takes a compelling look back at the many incidents of white cops shooting black cops over the years, including one such report from 1940 with the antiquated yet eerie headline "Patrolman Slain by Fellow-Police: Negro, Off-Duty and Chasing a Burglar, Felled by Shots of Men from Radio Car."
Officer Omar Edwards
It's the same media that NEVER mentioned Muslims' hatred of Israel as a possible motive for 9/11.
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God Bless You Reverend Sharpton.
but it won't do any good. It WILL happen again.
I hope the 'God Bless You' part was a joke. Sharpton does nothing but inflame the situation in order to gain publicity. Unfortunately and tragically, friendly fire incidents, such as this, occurred throughout history and will happen again. The saddest thing about this is that, it hasn't been 24 hours yet and Sharpton is already for heads to roll. Make no mistake about it, he cares nothing for the people involved.
No Joke, sir.
The Good Reverend has done good and we need him.
God Bless Officer Edwards, his Father a retired NYPD officer and his daughters.
How is Sharpton helping anyone besides himself? The media was all over the story long before Sharpton showed up.
From the NYTimes:
Sources identified the officer who fired the shots as Andrew Dunton, a four-year veteran of the force from Long Island.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/30/nyregion/30cop.html?_r=1&hp
can't believe chan 7 news had a team out at the shooting cops home in Medford LI. but he lives in Ridge LI. a very rural part of suffolk, not that medford isn't.
The good Rev will shake someone down because of this tragedy.
At least one officer got home safe, right??
You have your Reverend and we have ours. yours will shake down advertisers over abortion rights or animal rights.
what's the difference?
First of all, I don't go to church. Second, are you implying that because one asshole, who uses his status as a reverend to do illegal and immoral things, it's ok for another to do the same things. You are drinking the kool-aide, my friend.
don't drink sugary drinks, my friend.
I imply what I imply. God Bless Reverend Sharpton.
We all need to be blessed once in a while.
Reverend Al has seen his shadow—it's race baiting season!
AMEN
You think he would have stopped after Tawana Brawley
guy was doin his job, plus one. sucks.
shitty, really shitty.
I would think running down the street with a gun in your hand, in plainclothes, and without a badge around your neck or in your hand, is probably an extraordinarily dumb thing to do, especially on 125th Street. Especially considering all the runner was guilty of was breaking into a car!
seriously. WTF is one going to think when they see a person, regardless of race, running down the street chasing another person, with a GUN drawn! I mean REALLY! That's just a STUPID thing to do!
I think the people should call for a federal probe of Al Sharpton. What a phony!
More double trouble.
I think the people should call for a federal probe of Al Sharpton. What a phony!
i remember seeing sharpton leaving an after=hours in bed-sty
with ladies on each arm. in the mid 1980's. 6am in the morning.