What caused his death?
Steven Frosch, 43, a married father or four, was making adjustments to his sweeper inside the Department of Sanitation garage on 48th St. in Maspeth on Saturday afternoon when he was hit by the driver of another sweeper who failed to see him, officials said.
Frosch, a married father of four who worked for the department for 15 years, died at the scene.
Officer Perry Renn, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, Indiana
Officer Renn was shot and killed when responding to a report of shots fired near the intersection of East 34th Street and Forest Manor Avenue. When Officer Renn and another officer arrived, they encountered the subject in a nearby alley. The subject opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle, fatally striking Officer Renn.
The subject, who has a lengthy criminal history, was critically wounded and was apprehended.
Officer Renn served with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department for 22 years.
You know, I hate to seem cold and callus, but why are police officers treated so special when one is killed in the line of duty? For example, where is the memorial service and donations for this guy:
City sanitation worker dies after being hit by street sweeper in Queens - NY Daily News
Where is this guy's parade of street sweepers and sanitation trucks in his honor or his memorial fund? One comment in the newspaper:
"OSHA needs to look into this."
The farmer works every day to put food in the grocery stores for my family to eat, and they are killed on the job more often then police officers are. The sanitation worker keeps my family safe by taking away our garbage every week, and they are killed on the job more often then police officers are. The logging and lumber industry worker providing wood to build the house that my family lives in is killed on the job more often then police officers are. Where are their memorials and donations funds?
Not sure why anyone would have a problem with this thread based on nothing more than the avocation of the deceased.
Blues
I have a problem in general with the pedastal that police officers are placed upon regularly.
Jeesh, this one is not being put on a pedestal, he's laid to rest. His time of being held above other human beings is over.
Do what ya want Navy.
RIP Officer Renn.
Except for when I was in High school, All of the jobs I have had and the one I have now are on that list......I have a problem in general with the pedastal that police officers are placed upon regularly.
America's 10 Deadliest Jobs - Forbes
The 10 Deadliest Jobs:
1. Logging workers
2. Fishers and related fishing workers
3. Aircraft pilot and flight engineers
4. Roofers
5. Structural iron and steel workers
6. Refuse and recyclable material collectors
7. Electrical power-line installers and repairers
8. Drivers/sales workers and truck drivers
9. Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers
10. Construction laborers
I have a problem in general with the pedastal that police officers are placed upon regularly.
America's 10 Deadliest Jobs - Forbes
The 10 Deadliest Jobs:
1. Logging workers
2. Fishers and related fishing workers
3. Aircraft pilot and flight engineers
4. Roofers
5. Structural iron and steel workers
6. Refuse and recyclable material collectors
7. Electrical power-line installers and repairers
8. Drivers/sales workers and truck drivers
9. Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers
10. Construction laborers
his Maker is the only One qualified at this point to judge the worth of his life.
The subject, who has a lengthy criminal history, was critically wounded and was apprehended.
As do farmers, fishermen and sanitation workers.but maybe that's because they risk their lives trying to keep the rest of us safe.
I live in Indianapolis where Officer Penn was killed. We had a shooting the same weekend where a bunch of bars are and the party crowd hands out here where 7 bystanders were shot. One was in critical condition at the hospital - the other 6 minor injuries. What I notice here on this is that the officer's on the news every day since. And I only saw the other shooting once on the news and no follow up stories on the 7 who were wounded.
From what I heard the shooting at the bar was a couple of guys who had too much to drink, while Penn got shot responding to a bullets fired call. The bad guy's mom had bought the assault rifle Penn was shot with a couple years ago.
We don't see shootings like these in Indianapolis very often - interesting that I just got my CCW license a week ago.
Police and military do seem to be put on a pedestal in America, but maybe that's because they risk their lives trying to keep the rest of us safe.
Pretty new to firearms? An assault rifle was not used, they are extremely expensive. I believe a semi automatic rifle was used.
If you say so, Firefighterchen. I'm just repeating what the local tv and newspaper reporters have reported. This is from this morning's Indianapolis Star (our local newspaper):
"At least six shots were fired from an AK-47-type assault rifle that authorities say Davis fired at Renn. Renn was hit three times, documents said.
The gunbattle lasted no more than five minutes, documents said."
And later in the same article:
"Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry said that Davis' mother in 2010 bought the assault rifle used in the shooting, but there was no reason to believe the purchase was done illegally."
But... I suppose you folks in Washington know more about what happens in Indianapolis than those of us living here lol.
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