Hunt for cop killer under way in NJ town LAKEWOOD, N.J. – One moment, they were just talking, the young police officer in the patrol car who had rolled up alongside the even younger pedestrian. It was a low-key give-and-take, question-and-answer exchange Friday afternoon, not hostile or confrontational. That changed in an instant, when the pedestrian pulled a handgun out from his baggy clothing, stepped back and fired three shots into the officer, who never had a chance. Patrolman Christopher Matlosz, 27 slumped behind the wheel of his police cruiser, mortally wounded, and later died in ER. The gunman ran away, touching off a massive manhunt by land and air, with authorities vowing he would soon be caught and punished. The suspect was described as a black male in his early 20s or late teens, 5-foot-6 or 5-foot-7, stockily built with sunken eyes and puffy cheeks. He was wearing a black hoodie and dark jeans slung so low that gray boxer shorts were visible, according to a witness account to police.
Oh well. That image of the public enemy number one, "The Black Man", will get more long standing traction than the Tucson killer.
Sad but true. I have such mixed feelings about the cops. My former boyfriend is the uncle of DJ Henry who was murdered by the Mount Pleasant NY cops and his parents have brought a civil rights lawsuit against the cops and I hope these assholes go to jail. Plus I have been routinely pulled over for DWI(Driving While Interracial) On the other hand a cop with a clean record who was about to retire got murder by a parolee , forcing our governor here to change procedure. And my son just became a police officer.
