Jacai Colson murdered in attack on police station (Updated)
Two brothers were arrested yesterday in what appears to be an unprovoked attack on the Prince George’s County police station last night. One officer, 28-year-old, 4 year veteran of the force, Jacai Colson was murdered as officers poured from the station to confront the killers. Apparently, one of the brothers fled the scene as the firing began and the shooting was only carried out by the other.
According to a witness quoted in the Washington Post;
“[The gunman] fired one shot, and then he started pacing back and forth, then fired another shot,” said Lascelles Grant, a nurse. “Who would shoot a police station on Sunday evening? This is insane.”
Then, police began pouring out of the station.
“Just looking outside, I’m like, ‘Oh my God, look at all these police officers running out, putting their lives really in danger,’?” Grant said.
And comments from the peanut gallery;
Their grandmother, Deidre Ramos, 60, of Hyattsville, said [the gunmen] were arrested in connection with the shooting but she said police had the wrong suspects. “They weren’t involved,” she said. Asked if police arrested the wrong people, she said, “Yes.”
Reuters reports that the police chief isn’t aware of any motivation for the shooting spree;
[Prince George’s County Police Chief Henry Stawinski] said he could offer no explanation for what might have precipitated the attack on the District 3 police station, which lies adjacent to county police headquarters in Landover, Maryland, about 8 miles (13 km) east of Washington.
“It wasn’t about anything,” Stawinski told reporters at a news conference outside the hospital where the slain undercover officer, Jacai Colson, 28, was declared dead. Colson, a four-year veteran of the force, had been rushed to the hospital by a fellow officer in the back of a squad car.
UPDATED: Fox 5 reports that three brothers have been arrested now and that it may have been an attempted “suicide by cop”. It looks like the two brothers who weren’t firing were filming it on their cell phones.
Rumors are that it may have been friendly fire that killed Officer Colson.
The governors of Pennsylvania (Colson’s home state) and Maryland have ordered flags at half staff for the young officer.
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And from BlackLiesMatters and Al Sharpton???? Crickets……
And Obama.
Remember his words from 2008?
“I want you to argue with them, I want you to get in their faces….”
And that’s one of the milder ones.
Wanna bet it was ‘black lives matter’ thugs?
Nah… the brothers are “pillars of the black community”.
RIP Officer Colson… thank you for your service to your community.
The first name of one of the perps is Malik.
Hmmmm, ya thinkin’ what I’m thinkin’?
Aloha snackbar?
Since it’s Maryland, and close to the Atlantic, I’m thinking “Aloha Keelhaul”.
RIP Officer Colson.
Prayers to your family and friends.
granny says they weren’t involved…no doubt they were good boys trying to turn their lives around…
Here’s hoping those good boys are hung by the neck until dead after being convicted.
RIP Officer Colson.
Unfortunately, I believe Maryland has done away with the death penalty.
Yep. “Little Marty” O’Malley signed that change to MD law not quite 3 years ago.
Yes, Martin O’Malley abolished capital punishment because it conflicts with his Catholic beliefs. Yet, he has no problem with abortion, which…conflicts is Catholic faith.
While it may conflict with “Little Marty” O’Malley’s “catholic” beliefs (the use of the lower-case ‘c’ here was intentional), capital punishment does not conflict with Catholic Doctrine. Abortion, however, does.
O’Malley is what can be called a Kennedy/Pelosi Roman Catholic. A Kennedy/Pelosi RC does not follow the dictates of the Magesterium but chooses what he will and will not follow. This is a/k/a a “cafeteria Catholic.”
“In the case of the death penalty the State does not dispose of the individual’s right to life. Rather public authority limits itself to depriving the offender of the good of life in expiation for his guilt, after he, through his crime, deprived himself of his own right to life.” Pope Pius XII
That hardly seems like punishment, you take a nap and never wake up….boo-hoo….
Far more appropriate to drop and snap your neck and empty your bowels and bladder, and it’s especially fitting when the convicted murdering piece of crap knows it’s how it’s going to happen that way they can be appropriately uncomfortable knowing they’re going to soil themselves when they die.
Rat bastards.
I thought you meant they get the needle…now it’s just life without parole?
Geez what a bunch of pussies we’ve become.
They’ll get the needle – a free flu shot every year.
As well as receiving an injection of the hot beef variety from Bubba, Tiny, and Thor.
I choose to look at it as an animal being put down.
In states that used to hang criminals they used Butt Plugs to avoid the messed drawers. It was upsetting to the folks that did the hangings.
Grandma Dierdre is senile. She should go sit in a corner and shut her mouth.
Rest in Peace, Officer Colson.
BlackLivesMatter only as long as they’re not police officers?
Diddadonuffenz?
RIP, sir.
Blame it on Trump for inciting violence!
I can think of one motivation for these punk shooters and it rhymes with Hack Knives Chatter.
A couple of punks murder a Law Enforcemant officer and Granny screeches “NO, dey dindonuffins’…”
Rest in peace Officer Colson. Punish the vermin who committed this crime to the limit!!!
Fox 5 reports that three brothers have been arrested now and that it may have been an attempted “suicide by cop”. It looks like the two brothers who weren’t firing were filming it on their cell phones.
That should make a conviction relatively easy.
And charges of capital murder for the film crew. Their own video will convict them.
Assuming the prosecutor can figure out a way to access it…
I’m guessing the perps were not tech geniuses.
Rest in Peace, brother. For grandma, take a long walk off a very short pier.
Another senseless act of violence by a thug with no excuse for behaving badly much less for ambushing another human being. Just a disgusting loss for us all.
Peace and prayers for Jacai Colson and his family. You are not forgotten. For the surviving officers, we understand your confusion and feelings of betrayal. We appreciate that you protect and serve in spite of what is out there.
Fair winds and following seas, Officer Colson. Thoughts are with your family, friends, and fellow Police Officers.
Rumors are that it may have been friendly fire that killed Officer Colson.
The governors of Pennsylvania (Colson’s home state) and Maryland have ordered flags at half staff for the young officer.
It appears to be more than rumor now. I was afraid of this after I read the account of the psycho’s actions. He would have had to had a very lucky shot. It is now being reported that another LEO shot Colson who was outside the station and in plain clothes. Sucks terribly.
Even if the brothers never intended to kill a police officer, they are nevertheless responsible for his death.
Shoot up a police station and bring people to film it for propaganda?
In much of the world it would be a “terrorist attack.” If it was some good ol’ boys out west it would be “domestic terrorism”.
But sure, let’s go with “unprovoked attack.”
GMAFB.
#Copslivesmatter
PG County Police have confirmed Officer Colson was mortally wounded by “friendly fire.”
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/03/14/three-brothers-arrested-maryland-officers-death/81754268/
Stand by for more details. This story is pretty odd.
What the hell were those two brothers thinking? If I knew that one of my brothers was thinking about suicide, I’d do everything I could to talk him out of it and get him help. I sure as hell wouldn’t be saying “hey, cool! Lemme film it.”
What the hell were those two brothers thinking?
Short answer: they weren’t. And the fact that they provided evidence that will help convict them by filming the incident is more proof of same.