# So sad, but so sweet too **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 10, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-sad-but-so-sweet-too/698107 "2014-09-10T19:30:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-sad-but-so-sweet-too/698107/1 "2014-09-10T19:30:11Z")
Last Sunday a police officer was shot to death in my city, at a traffic stop. He left a wife and two children. Today his obituary appeared in the paper. His survivors were listed, the wife, the kids, his parents and sisters. And, since he was a K-9 officer. his canine partner, Magnum, was listed too. The community is mourning the death of this officer, and I wonder if Magnum can tell his partner isn’t coming back. _Sniff_. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-sad-but-so-sweet-too/698107/2 "2014-09-10T19:48:54Z")
He’ll probably quit the force, move to Hawaii and, well, you know. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2014, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-sad-but-so-sweet-too/698107/3 "2014-09-10T20:13:27Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > He’ll probably quit the force, move to Hawaii and, well, you know. That’s going to confuse the hell out of the lads. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-sad-but-so-sweet-too/698107/4 "2014-09-10T20:55:21Z")
A local k-9 officer was killed a few years ago. The funeral had a procession of all the k-9 officers and their canine partners. The fallen officer’s partner was walked in and he started barking. It was not a happy bark. That got me crying. He was retired and lives with the officer’s family. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-sad-but-so-sweet-too/698107/5 "2014-09-10T21:20:41Z")
And to think, most police officers are all-too-willing to _shoot_ a strange dog that they think might be a threat. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-sad-but-so-sweet-too/698107/6 "2014-09-10T21:41:36Z")
I don’t know if it’s junior modding to accuse a member of threadshitting, but I can predict that some posters might not take too kindly to the above comment. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-sad-but-so-sweet-too/698107/7 "2014-09-10T21:50:17Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I don’t know if it’s junior modding to accuse a member of threadshitting, but I can predict that some posters might not take too kindly to the above comment. No matter how true it is… ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-sad-but-so-sweet-too/698107/8 "2014-09-10T22:14:07Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > No matter how true it is… I’m not claiming it’s untrue, I just thought it was a bit insensitive of **tracer** to leave a drive-by turd in this particular thread. But sensitivity and good manners be damned for some of us here, I guess. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-sad-but-so-sweet-too/698107/9 "2014-09-10T22:20:36Z")
Please people, no hurtful comments. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-sad-but-so-sweet-too/698107/10 "2014-09-10T22:47:51Z")
**tracer** , that comment was out of place in this thread. Dial back the snark. **twickster** , MPSIMS moderator ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-sad-but-so-sweet-too/698107/11 "2014-09-10T23:32:49Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I’m not claiming it’s untrue, I just thought it was a bit insensitive of **tracer** to leave a drive-by turd in this particular thread. But sensitivity and good manners be damned for some of us here, I guess. :rolleyes: What, you’ve just joined??? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-sad-but-so-sweet-too/698107/12 "2014-09-11T13:55:08Z")
Closed at OP’s request.