DEFENDING A KILLER COP

Every time a police officer kills a crook, ‘witnesses’ climb out of the woodwork to say the cops shot him for no reason and the media eats it up. That’s the way it was in Los Angeles recently and that’s the way it is in Houston now. Breck Porter, publisher of The Police News, had a great commentary on the Houston shooting that I believe deserves to be repeated here.

COP KILLS CROOK – OUR THOUGHTS ABOUT IT
Commentary by Breck Porter

The Police News
August 3, 2011

If you watch TV news or read The Police News Online, you know about the Houston METRO police officer who shot and killed a thug Tuesday who the officer felt was going for a gun.

If you watched the same TV channel I did you also saw the reporter interview some friends and relatives of the dead creep who carried on and on about how the mean old killer cop shot this defenseless man who was merely sitting in his car, and how he had visions of becoming a rap star and what a wonderful somebody he was.

It was Nolton Joseph LaFleur, III they were praising and singing about.

I really get ticked every time a cop has to eliminate one of these rodents, the TV people run all through the neighborhood trying to find someone who will chastise the cop and praise the bottom feeder, just like they did this time.

Now, let me tell you who this vermin was that Metro Officer Richard Hernandez sent home for good Tuesday.

I won't take the time or the space to list how many times Mr. LaFluer has been arrested. Just let me say it's been many. He has seen the inside of more jail houses than I have seen Seagulls, and I live on the beach.

But here is what he's been convicted off. Unlawfully carrying a firearm more than once. This is what got him killed. He's always been a pistol packer, even his kinfolks said that. He was a convicted felon and convicted felons are not supposed to carry pistols. So are we really surprised when the officer says he was in fear of his own life when this character made a move as if he were going for a pistol? I'm not.

Here's another conviction that gives me pause. LaFluer has been convicted of Resisting Arrest and Search. In other words, he likes to fight the cops when they get to close to him. Of course he does. He didn't want them to find his pistol concealed in his britches.

And to prove he is an assaultive, combative out of control thug, get this. He's been convicted over and over for assaulting family members and others, and on at least one occasion choking someone nearly to death.

And oh, did I mention his convictions for manufacturing and delivering drugs? How about Criminal Trespass? That too.

I don't know what you readers will think about this, but I for one think officer Hernandez should be given a commendation for ridding the streets of this thing. They should give him 6 fresh reloads for his service pistol and send him back to work.

Here's something else you won't see in the news. The Metro Police Department stationed officers around officer Hernandez home following the shooting, to protect him and his family from a possible attack by some hoodlum gang members who are mourning their dead comrade's early demise.

I say good riddance Nolton. You were here far too long as it was.