# "Cops" show comes to Omaha; 1 dead **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 27, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680 "2014-08-27T20:05:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/61 "2014-08-27T23:54:55Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Yes, if only we all had the stones to post pompous, cranky civics lectures for the benefit of a bunch of anonymous mooks on an Internet message board. Oh, well, I can only strive to do better. You can, but haven’t so far. Your “stones” are indeed in question. That’s part of my anger; that so many educated people can be so blind. Civics used to be taught in public schools. Bet you didn’t know that. I’m not anonymous; all of you are. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/62 "2014-08-27T23:56:05Z")
> [@common\_good](#): > > How do you know it (racism) doesn’t apply ? The suspect is black. All the officers are white. Yes, that proves nothing. It is a pattern, though, and is present all over America. Might racism play a role ? It sure seems it may. Obviously, if there’s any racial diversity in any police contact, it must be racially motivated. Is that your point? Never mind the police were responding to an actual robbery, and the buttwipe doing the robbery appeared to be armed. Never mind that he fired his “\*gun” \*at them. \*Dion and a cameraman were traveling with police officers who responded to a robbery inside a Wendy’s restaurant on Tuesday night. Schmaderer said the suspect, Washington, fired two shots at the responding officers, who responded with a barrage of gunfire. \* > **[‘Cops’ crew member killed in police shooting | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2014/08/27/showbiz/cops-crew-member-shot-killed/index.html?hpt=hp_t2)** > > A crew member working on a taping of “Cops” was inadvertently shot and killed by a police officer during a robbery in Omaha, Nebraska, local officials said Wednesday. If those facts are correct, it’s absolutely, 100% justifiable homicide. No racial issue involved. Case closed. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/63 "2014-08-27T23:57:27Z")
> [@common\_good](#): > > Now, ban me for sassing back. This again? You still haven’t done anything banworthy. If you’re going to try to be a martyr, do something interesting - or at least take off the “I wanna be a martyr” t-shirt. It’s not rebellious, it’s just sad. ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/64 "2014-08-27T23:57:46Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You make the world a better place because you give us something to laugh at. > > Tell us about the time you truly defied tyranny. Which ? I’ve been doing so for over six decades. I’ve marched in anti-war demonstrations and civil rights marches. You probably saw these on tv from your lazy-boy in suburbia. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/65 "2014-08-27T23:59:50Z")
> [@common\_good](#): > > But I do; the obtuseness of the academics, here. Well, you invited that one. Thanks for the reminder. Translation: “Damn the facts” is your other position. The first, of course, is “Damn the cops”. What that amounts to is a simple calculus: You’re admitting to being a troll. ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/66 "2014-08-28T00:00:53Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > This again? You still haven’t done anything banworthy. If you’re going to try to be a martyr, do something interesting - or at least take off the “I wanna be a martyr” t-shirt. It’s not rebellious, it’s just sad. Wow, good memory. You made me laugh. I’m not a martyr and i’m not a crusader, either. I’m a concerned citizen, that’s all. ,. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/67 "2014-08-28T00:01:39Z")
> [@common\_good](#): > > I don’t know how to “cite”. I’m old. I’m at the library ‘cause my laptop if broke. I gotta’ go home and cook dinner. Smell you guys later. I’ll be back tomorrow. Feel free to cast aspersions, in the meantime. I like them. Ciao Translation: “Got nothing to support the assertion.” ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/68 "2014-08-28T00:03:02Z")
> [@common\_good](#): > > … I’m a concerned citizen, that’s all. ,. you misspelled “confused”. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/69 "2014-08-28T00:11:24Z")
When I worked as a crime reporter I was in a few hairy situations. The most memorable was the night I managed to get between a barricaded subject and the SWAT team moving into position. Thankfully no one on either side saw me before I got the hell out of there (radio stations don’t issue reporters bullet-proof vests, not that that would likely have helped much in the event of crossfire). “COPS” crews often put themselves in potentially dangerous situations to get exciting footage. No idea from what I’ve heard so far if the sound guy didn’t follow police or show protocol, or if the officer who fired the fatal shot didn’t act properly, or exactly what happened. Getting on a soapbox now to denounce police behavior strikes me as dumb. ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/70 "2014-08-28T00:13:13Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Translation: “Damn the facts” is your other position. The first, of course, is “Damn the cops”. What that amounts to is a simple calculus: You’re admitting to being a troll. I am doing no such thing. This is a serious matter. These are serious questions and statements, on my part. Again, i’m not looking for inclusion. The academic myopia here is STAGGERING ! I gave some inaccurate early information. This event happened less than 24 hours ago. The sound tech was killed, not a cameraman, as was stated earlier by local news. Details are important, I know, but early reports are often inexact. Please try doing what I’m constantly asked to do; consider the whole picture as best you can. I don’t like being called a troll. Do you like being called an educated idiot ? Well, I didn’t call you one. I’m still forming an opinion. Maybe some of you should give me the same courtesy. ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/71 "2014-08-28T00:17:18Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > you misspelled “confused”. Oh, let me try again; Morgenstern. Jewish ? I like Jews. Well, not all of them. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/72 "2014-08-28T00:18:01Z")
> [@common\_good](#): > > I’m not anonymous; all of you are. > [@common\_good](#): > > The academic myopia here is STAGGERING ! . I’m not sure you know what “anonymous” or “academic” means. ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/73 "2014-08-28T00:24:57Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Translation: “Got nothing to support the assertion.” Please don’t translate my words. I’m using the ones I chose. I got plenty of supporting arguements and facts and figures. I’m just gettin’ warmed up. Al Pacino, “Scent of a Woman”. If I was half the man I used to be I’d TAKE A FLAME-THROWER TO THIS PLACE ! And I spelled argument wrong on purpose to give some a chance to get-in a shot. So, blank-off ! ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/74 "2014-08-28T00:25:57Z")
> [@common\_good](#): > > Oh, let me try again; Morgenstern. Jewish ? I like Jews. Well, not all of them. LOL, it’s German you loin muppet ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/75 "2014-08-28T00:26:51Z")
> [@common\_good](#): > > So, blank-off ! So you resist tyranny but you can’t even use proper profanity? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/76 "2014-08-28T00:31:40Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > I’m not sure you know what “anonymous” or “academic” means. Ask Webster. I think you’re the confused one. Do you acedemics think everyone else is stupid ? I’ll answer 1st; Yes, you do. Admit it, if you have the “stones”. That’s what your type calls courage. And you guys don’t really know what that is, do ya’ ? ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/77 "2014-08-28T00:39:06Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > LOL, it’s German you loin muppet Oh, you guys threw them in ovens. My bad. BTW, the Catholic Church never excommunicated a single Catholic Nazi; not even Hitler. The shame of that is one of the reasons I stopped calling myself Catholic in 1967 at age 14. Schprecken zee Zietgeist ? ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/78 "2014-08-28T00:40:50Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > So you resist tyranny but you can’t even use proper profanity? 😃 proper profanity. time to go home ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/79 "2014-08-28T00:44:29Z")
Rebelliousness and know-it-allism can be kind of cute in a teenager. Tolerable, anyway. Expected. Part of growing up. Gets a lot less cute with age, and a whole lot more sad. ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/80 "2014-08-28T00:44:46Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > I’m not sure you know what “anonymous” or “academic” means. The first word was a joke. The second one was, apparently, also a joke. Good nite gentlemen and vicious ladies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680.md?page=5)