LJ Idol Season 8 Week 15 - Law Out on the Street

[walkertxkitty]

o/` "Late one night down on Crack Street Alley
He walked up on a bad deal goin' down
He knew what he'd done
When he saw that shotgun swing around
He drew then froze in hesitation
When he saw that fourteen year old face
Then the fire from that shotgun barrel
Blew all his burdens away
Blew his burdens away" o/`

-- "Southern Justice" performed by

Comments

[creature_girl08]

Excellent entry! Earlier today I thought of you all as I had to go past a scene where two people were shot last night down the street from our house. From the numbers of police cars at first I wondered if an officer had been hurt till I found out the details. Was much relieved that no officer was hurt. But like all the families that was the first thing I thought of.

Great job in fitting this with the topic.

[walkertxkitty]

I had not intended it to be a topic; it mostly poured out of my head because it had to go somewhere and I couldn't think of anything else.

We're going to have to find somewhere else to fill the truck; I can't stand going to our gas station and not seeing the patrol car parked there. I haven't been back to our grocery store either because I know Detective White won't be there ever again. Maybe some time in the future I can do this, but not now.

The other day, while we were out, we saw two of our detective's unmarked lit up with a guy in handcuffs across the hood. It was less than a mile from the site of the shooting. I had to practically sit on Dee to keep him from going back to see if they needed assistance.

[ecosopher]

I really can't imagine what it's like to be the partner of someone who works in this area. I guess there is some way you learn to cope with the idea that when they go to work, they may not come home. But then, in a small community you just don't expect that that will happen, do you?

Very sad.

[walkertxkitty]

If I could choose, I'd make Dee find another profession. But I swore when we got together that I wouldn't try to change him and would somehow deal with the permutations of his work. Thus far I have done so. It's not easy at all but I love him too much to try changing him.

I've actually come to expect such things anywhere these days, but you hope it will never touch your rural neighborhood. That they had such a good record --- nearly one hundred years with no officers wounded or killed --- says something about the quality of protection we have here.

[whipchick]

What a tragic loss of life. I hope you never have to receive that type of call.

[walkertxkitty]

We've already been through it once. I don't ever want to do it again. At the time, they couldn't even tell me if he was still alive or how badly he was hurt, just that I ought to get to the trauma center ASAP.

I hope to never, ever receive that call again though. Once is enough.

[jacq22]

So incredibly sad. Our town is like this, we all know when the flag is at half mast, its a member of the armed forces, or the clubs. The tyown with gather round I am sure, but still breaks your heart.

[walkertxkitty]

I have to wonder how they manage to go back to their jobs, but they do. The other day we saw two of the detectives' cars pulled aside with someone being handcuffed. The location was less than a mile from the shooting and Dee wanted to go back and help. I had to persuade him not to do so unless they asked for help (he carries a police radio in the truck).

I think the community is still reeling; I can't go to my gas station or to my grocery because I keep expecting to see those officers there...and they aren't.