I am speechless.....

...and for those that know me, that is a feat in and of itself.  I read this article today and my outrage began:

Suspect's Family Complain About Police Conduct

The family of he-who-shall-not-be-named is complaining about the treatment he received once taken into custody stating that he was beaten by police.  How they know this, they won't say.  If you look at a photo that was released of HWSNBN it appears that he does have a scratch on his face with some minor cuts, but guess what?  Not only is that probably a side effect of getting taken down by a SWAT team, but he'll recover.  Unfortunately that cannot be said for the poor officers that he fatally shot, presumably without warning as they entered his house.  He is lucky that a small cut is all he got because I am sure that it took every ounce of self control and training to kick in for the SWAT team to take him down with minimal injuries. 

Let's take a look at some of the other outrageous statements made by the family of HWSNBN:

- The grandmother of HWSNBN accused the police of stealing her purse which contained $3,020 and some checks that needed to be cashed.   I don't even know where to start with this one. 

- The family has been unable to enter the house to get their uniforms for their jobs.  Um...let's see.  It's a crime scene and in light of the circumstances I think (insert fast food restaurant name here) will loan them a temporary uniforms.

- They want to give respect to the police officers' families and stated "We do feel really badly about it, but we can't do nothing about it."   Honestly is that the best they can come up with?

- The family is"baffled" by what happened.  Really?  Baffled?  Your son has been stockpiling weapons, is into conspiracy theories, frequents white supremist websites and you are baffled?  Just when you think that the parenting bar has been set as low as it can go, someone comes out of the woodwork to show you that said bar can indeed be lowered. 

At the end of the article you will see that the family of HWSNBN have apologized for their statements (i.e the ones above) which were caused by their "confusion, shock and grief" and they will make no further comments.  

From the entire Pittsburgh region I thank you.  I am curious, however, as to the identity of the person who had the common sense to tell them to shut their damn mouths. 

Comments

[Smokey]

I am truly aghast. It's all I can really say. These people are bold to say the least.

Well written.

[Mountain Mama]

They're lucky he's even alive.

As for the rest of us......

[Susan]

Another fine example of Pittsburgh for the nation to see. Maybe, though, they're just as scared of the not-to-be-named one as the rest of us...although something tells me a scratch on his face will be the least of his problems and he won't see the outside ever again.

[deadlytoque]

If it's a scratch on the face, then no big deal... on the other hand, since the population boom of the past few years, and the resultant demand for new cops, and the consequent drop in standards, where I am we've been dealing with more and more cases of police brutality and human rights abuses.

There's chatter in the usual channels about suspects having dogs put on them, the classic "make sure you duck when getting into the car" black eyes, police coming back to the car after radioing in the catch just to punch the suspect a few times...

Hopefully this isn't anything like that. It's really sad when bad people get to walk because of incompetent cops.