I'm a policeman's daughter.

[gillo]

Dad died in 1999, but it's not a heritage you escape. Sometimes one may feel deeply ashamed of what the police are or were - Orgreave, Hillsborough, the Birmingham 6. More often one is proud of our unarmed police who still manage to keep the streets safe, as they did when they took down the murderer of Jo Cox last year

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[geekslave]

So sad. *hugs*

Stacey

[gillo]

Thanks. He was an ordinary copper doing his job - to protect our democracy.

[sandy_s]

*big hugs*

[gillo]

Thanks. He was an ordinary, decent bloke, whose job just happened to be protecting our democracy.

[brunettepet]

What a sad occasion.

[gillo]

Very much so. I cannot recall the last police officer murdered in that way, though. We should be grateful he and his colleagues across the country keep us so safe, so much of the time.

[bogwitch]

You've made me tear up.

That list might look long, but there is a lot on that list who died in accidents or for health reasons, rather than in acts of violence, which in some ways is quite heartening.

[gillo]

And it goes back to 1900, with a lot of the more violent deaths being before 1920. Even so, one loss is too many. :-(

[snogged]

*hugs*

[gillo]

Thanks.