Piggy Nation

Over the 4th of July holiday weekend there was a shooting here. I know, you are all going into shock. LOL Hey, lay off the sarcasm and rolling eyes. Yes, the Burque has murders all the time, but don't you think that I wouldn't bring it up here, in this blog, unless there was something different or unusual? That's right. Its not like I am a raging murder statistic freak or something. Sheesh...Okay on with the story.

First thing on the news is that there has been a murder, and the victim was driven to the hospital by someone other than the paramedics. The authorities tell the press that they are having a hard time with the crime scene since the victim wasn't found there, so no other information was being released. Two days later the news channels report that the victim had been the step father of an off-duty Albuquerque cop. Ohh the plot thickens...

A few more days go by and it is reported that the off duty officer was the one who shot his step father, with....get this....the officers own state issued police weapon. Then, he didn't even call 911 after he shot his step dad. Oh no. He called in thru his police radio asking for a supervisor. The news people even played the dispatch recording. The man sounds pretty calm, mumbling his way thru his request to speak with a supervisor, and the dispatchers confusion as to why an off duty officer was calling in requesting a superior over the police radio in the first place.

Just wait, the story gets better.

This man is not in jail right now. In fact he is on "paid administrative leave". He isn't working, so basically this guy just got a free vacation courtesy of us tax payers, for murdering a family member. Not only that, but his fellow officers were not very transparent while doing the investigation. They took DAYS to release the report of what happened and even then only very sketchy details. I think the news crew had to dig to find out anything. Even then there is not a lot of coverage on it. Like it all went away in a day or so. Now, the news crews here tend to drag out any murder reporting until they have squeezed out every single detail. Not this time though. This is proof, PROOF, that the cops here are corrupt. I looked online all day yesterday and all day today trying to find the article about it, but can you believe I didn't find it? Ha. I wonder what that means..

I wonder, also, if he is found guilty, if he has to reimburse the state for the pay while he was on "leave". Somehow I doubt it. What about the every day common murderers? If they have 9 to 5 jobs, do they get paid too? I very much doubt that as well. So right now, while I sit here at work, earning my pay, paying my state taxes, I am paying for this man to murder his family and then take a vacation. Nice. A testament to the governing bodies in this state.

I have bitched about cops on here before. I have even tried to give them the benefit of doubt, assuming, that like most groups, there are the occasional bad ones that ruin everything for the actual good ones. But I STILL to this DAY, have yet to have dealings with a decent cop here. Are they all corrupt? Is it just New Mexico or Albuquerque? It is certainly frightening to think that people with authority and power like they have are the ones that are supposed to be protecting us. Ha. Who protects us from them?


UPDATE: 7/13/06 : I found this today. Not much more info, but there is at least something. I love Albuquerque cops.