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The Chief
climber
Lurkerville east of Goldenville
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 31, 2015 - 06:55pm PT
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Deputy Darren Goforth Was Ambushed and Shot 15 Times from behind. Dead
He leaves behind a Wife, 12 Y/O Daughter and 5 Y/O Son.
He was the Brother of the Man that basically saved my life when he dove and pushed my sorry ass to the deck as an incoming "Skinny" RPG round was coming right for my head. I was less than a second away from of having my head blown off. 1310, October 1st, 1993. Mogadishu, Somalia.
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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Aug 31, 2015 - 07:01pm PT
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Condolences to friends and family.
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Aug 31, 2015 - 07:13pm PT
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I salute him ! Was the perp caught?
Condolences to the family of the fallen.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Aug 31, 2015 - 07:17pm PT
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Tragic, I am deeply saddened and my heart and prayers go out to his family. Absolutely senseless.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Aug 31, 2015 - 07:29pm PT
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My condolences to his family and friends. And I salute the members of this Nation's police and armed services. They do harrowing work for compensation similar to what hedge fund managers tip their private jet pilots.
This country is rife with racial tension and glaring inequality between the haves and the have nots....but it's still a place of relative opportunity and tremendous potential. Let's hope that divisions diminish, wounds heal and we truly become one people.
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The Chief
climber
Lurkerville east of Goldenville
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 31, 2015 - 07:49pm PT
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What NO one in the News Media or any Position of Leadership in this nation has brought to the attention of all. Inclduding BLM etc.
To the incredible credit of Deputy Goforth's peers, this piece of shet is still walking and alive. Their Restraint and Professionalism in arresting and then bringing to justice of Shannon Miles is beyond honorable. If there was any time that a "suspect" could have been shot dead and no one would have flinched or made critical mention of it, it was this. Yet the Houston area Law Enforcement Agencies did not do so.
Just another perfect example that 99.9% of LEO's in this country are GOOD, HONORABLE and DEDICATED Public Servants that do their best to so, day in and day out.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
Take a good gander at the female Deputy on the right of the screen. The stare in her eyes says it all.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Aug 31, 2015 - 07:57pm PT
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My heart goes out to the ambushed deputy.
Condolences to family & friends.
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jgill
Boulder climber
The high prairie of southern Colorado
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Aug 31, 2015 - 07:58pm PT
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Time for the Obama administration to step up to the plate. All lives matter.
edit: thanks for posting his call to the widow. hadn't seen it.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Aug 31, 2015 - 08:01pm PT
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Not in the Cloward and Piven play book.
Not gonna happen
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rwedgee
Ice climber
CA
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Aug 31, 2015 - 08:04pm PT
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Sorry Chief.
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Aug 31, 2015 - 08:05pm PT
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My first thought was the grit-hard reality of that cold and final act, then of those fatherless children and that heartbroken beautiful mother. What a crime, what a shame.
As to the political aspect: indeed, all lives matter - Gilbert Flores had a life and [abused] wife and child, too. And he was executed in his front yard, hands up high, last Friday. When will the Obama administration step up to the plate, indeed?
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Aug 31, 2015 - 08:16pm PT
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Senseless. An absoulutely senseless excution. The world is just a mess. My condolences to the family, and indeed, the whole community.
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nah000
climber
no/w/here
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Aug 31, 2015 - 08:19pm PT
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this work jgill?:
Mr. Obama called Kathleen Goforth, the widow of Harris Count Sheriff’s Deputy Darren Goforth, while on Air Force One en route to Alaska.
“On behalf of the American people, I offered Mrs. Goforth my condolences, and told her that Michelle and I would keep her and her family in our prayers. I also promised that I would continue to highlight the uncommon bravery that police officers show in our communities every single day,” the president said in a statement.
“They put their lives on the line for our safety. Targeting police officers is completely unacceptable — an affront to civilized society. As I said in my State of the Union Address, we’ve got to be able to put ourselves in the shoes of the wife who won’t rest until the police officer she married walks through the door at the end of his shift. That comfort has been taken from Mrs. Goforth. So we must offer her our comfort — and continue to stand up for the safety of police officers wherever they serve,” Mr. Obama said.
sincere condolences to you TC, your friend and to the family/friends of the deceased.
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crankster
Trad climber
No. Tahoe
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Aug 31, 2015 - 08:21pm PT
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Thanks for posting, nah. It would be nice if this thread focused on honoring a man, not denigrating the president.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Aug 31, 2015 - 08:24pm PT
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Obama calls widow of slain Texas deputy, calls shooting ‘an affront to civilized society’
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/31/obama-calls-widow-darren-goforth/
By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times - Monday, August 31, 2015
President Obama on Monday condemned last week’s cold-blooded murder of a Texas sheriff’s deputy, calling the killing “an affront to civilized society.”
Mr. Obama called Kathleen Goforth, the widow of Harris Count Sheriff’s Deputy Darren Goforth, while on Air Force One en route to Alaska. Deputy Goforth was shot 15 times while pumping gas Friday night, and investigators believe he was targeted simply because he was a law enforcement officer.
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monolith
climber
state of being
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Aug 31, 2015 - 08:42pm PT
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Some folks will nitpick Obama over anything. Now it's the timing. Good grief!
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Aug 31, 2015 - 08:45pm PT
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Cragman! This thread, so far, has been a thread expressing condolences for the slain Deputy, as it should be.
Your outraged right-wing, Obama hate, political spittle is still splashing onto my keyboard, re your gruging comment:
Good on Obama for finally speaking up.....
The tragic murder of the Deputy happened on Friday night, and no national news of importance happens when our rulers & newscasters have the weekend off.
Obama expressed his regrets today in the most timely fashion that our news networks will show.
Retract your post, and I will remove this one.
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Norton
Social climber
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Aug 31, 2015 - 08:48pm PT
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Good on Obama for finally speaking up.....
"finally"? you can't even give the US President a simple compliment without being an ass
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Splater
climber
Grey Matter
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Aug 31, 2015 - 08:57pm PT
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As long as the subject is raised,
when will the honorable thread founder start to moderate/admit/reduce his own frequent and problematic assumptions, errors, leaps, and strawman postings?
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T.J.
climber
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Aug 31, 2015 - 09:07pm PT
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So sorry for the family and all involved. Chief, sorry to you as well, it hit a nerve that we can all recognize. I lost my next door neighbor last Friday due to a stupid act of someone passing 2 cars on a tight winding road where you can't pass anything without endangering something. He leaves behind a wife and 7 year old. I'm still in a period of disbelief. It doesn't help that alcohol was involved. Huge void. I hope you find peace in the senseless which is tough. I'm searching...
Regards
Dan...
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The Chief
climber
Lurkerville east of Goldenville
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 31, 2015 - 09:22pm PT
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^^^^^^ That is terrible. Prayers for the family and you.
monolith
climber
state of being
Aug 31, 2015 - 08:42pm PT
Some folks will nitpick Obama over anything. Now it's the timing. Good grief!
Splater
climber
Grey Matter
Aug 31, 2015 - 08:57pm PT
when will the honorable thread founder start to moderate/admit/reduce his own frequent and problematic assumptions, errors, leaps, and strawman postings?
Thank you mr. splater and monolith for your one and only positive inputs and showing your respect for this fallen Hero.
More assumptions and strawman post....
"...investigators believe he was targeted simply because he was a law enforcement officer."
Amazingly, this was being chanted by the B-L-M Movement demonstrators at the MN State Fair not more that 14 hours after this brutal execution of Deputy Goforth.
"Pigs in a blanket. Fry 'em like bacon."
MLKjr would surely be proud of them for doing so and if alive today would assuredly be chanting this right along with them.
The despicable irony of that was the chanters were being protected by the local St. Paul PD as they marched on the highway that they interrupted and shut down. The same LE individuals that they directed their chant of "Fry' em like bacon" to.
Proliferating the hate to instill and motivate more random LEO executions.
How many more innocent GOOD LEO's that care about and selflessly serve their communities as did Darren, need to die before this unjust hate ceases?
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Aug 31, 2015 - 09:35pm PT
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Chief, I think bro is giving you sh#t for being divisive. You know, like the Black Panthers were divisive, or the Black Lives Matter movement somehow chaps you so hard that you need to clog a climbing site by trolling me.
Bro, please, Chief, hombre, tell me a story of climbing or of trout or something. I am really happy that the Deputy's brother kept you out of harm that day. So tell me a story about climbing, because I am happy to hear one from you, lucky dude that you be, to have served with so sharp a brother in arms and to have climbed so much. Tell me a story about climbing. We all know the healing that ascent can bring.
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dirtbag
climber
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Aug 31, 2015 - 10:33pm PT
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This was a very tragic event. I wish his family peace.
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overwatch
climber
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Aug 31, 2015 - 11:00pm PT
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Horrible...truly saddened though I did not know him.
The sociopathy involved to run up on someone like that, let alone a cop is chilling. I can't imagine having so little hope for life and after to be able to do that so casually. The guy has no spirit you can tell as he walks out of the court
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Splater
climber
Grey Matter
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Aug 31, 2015 - 11:06pm PT
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monolith,
you are quite right in noting the true purpose of this thread.
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The Chief
climber
Lurkerville east of Goldenville
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 31, 2015 - 11:14pm PT
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Splater
climber
Grey Matter
Aug 31, 2015 - 11:06pm PT
monolith,
you are quite right in noting the true purpose of this thread.
Thanks for your second positive post showing respect for the fallen hero. It's rewarding to see your appreciation for those that suit up daily to keep you and your loved ones protected and safe. Much appreciate it Splater.
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Splater
climber
Grey Matter
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Aug 31, 2015 - 11:23pm PT
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You already attempted to make your faux point by posting it 97 times in your biased political thread about Blackman, where you ignored all the great feedback that people wasted their time giving you.
97 times! Pathetic. (not including the deleted original post) http://www.supertopo.com/inc/view_forum.php?dcid=PDg9PTU7PSc%2C&cur=0&ftr=blackman
It is far too late for you to change to some revisionist new pleading version of that thread.
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