JERSEY CITY, N.J. – A day after a rookie police officer was gunned down in an ambush, mourners came to pay their respects at a makeshift memorial with candles, balloons, empty liquor bottles and messages of love from friends scrawled on T-shirts taped to a brick wall.
Instead of honoring the officer, the memorial was for his killer. "Rest easy," "Thug in peace" and "See u on the other side" friends wrote about Lawrence Campbell, who police say ambushed Officer Melvin Santiago early Sunday as he responded to an armed robbery call at a 24/7 pharmacy. Officers returned fire, killing Campbell.
Visitors to the memorial would not give their names to The Associated Press. But Barbara Jones, Campbell's neighbor, told The Jersey Journal that the Campbell she knew was nothing like the man city officials say was lying in wait for officers to arrive before opening fire.
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If I were police captain I would instruct my officers to not patrol that area. Let them have their neighborhood to themselves and they will kill each other off.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you, 222, bye, bye!
ReplyDeletebut it would be quicker if police keep going there
ReplyDeleteAfter over 40 yrs of civil rights, antidiscimination and equality laws and regulations this is the best that they can do to help themselves! At what point do you stop throwing money at a 'sinking ship' ? When do you quit throwing a' life ring' out to those who refuse to grab it?
ReplyDeleteWhen do you quit throwing a' life ring' out to those who refuse to grab it?
ReplyDeleteJuly 16, 2014 at 4:06 PM
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