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Audacity of Truth
Whiner-in-Chief:
"[W]hether the grumbling is about Republicans on Fox or bloggers in pajamas, there's a word for what the president and his aides are doing. That word is "whining." And nothing [...] does more damage to Obama's credibility or authority than the sense that a popular president is becoming the whiner-in-chief."
- John Nichols, Nation Magazine - 10/12/09
Saluting Charlotte police Officer Kayvan Hazrati
About a month ago, Officer Hazrati was shot in the head after trying to serve a warrant at a house here in Charlotte. That incident sparked an almost 8 hour standoff between police and the suspect.
Many worried that he wouldn’t survive being shot in the head. But he did. Read the story here:
Of the dozens of people who gathered near the Freedom Park bandshell Friday morning, none could have been happier than Kayvan Hazrati to look up at a cloudless sky and feel sunshine on his skin.
Twenty-three days earlier, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer had been shot in the head as he tried to serve a warrant at a house in the University City area.
Some feared he wouldn’t survive, but here he was, stepping slowly but steadily from a police cruiser, toward a waiting microphone and a standing ovation from fellow officers, paramedics and well-wishers.
“I’m a lucky individual,” Hazrati said. “I’ve made great strides in the last three weeks.”
He had been released sometime before 11 a.m. from a Carolinas Medical Center facility , and wanted to thank the community and his colleagues for supporting him. Wearing an orange polo shirt, tan shorts and sneakers, the 37-year-old patrolman still looked fit, thanks to the muscular torso he developed as a competitive bodybuilder.
The only clue to how close he’d come to death was the large scar still visible across his scalp.
Reading from a single piece of white paper, he thanked everyone for their good wishes. He asked the media to let him and his fiancée have privacy. And he looked forward to getting back in the gym and completing his rehabilitation “so I can be ready to put the uniform on again and do my job.”
Just like our own NC Cop here at the ST blog, Officer Hazrati 1) puts his life on the line everyday to keep people in the city safe and 2) even though injured, is working hard towards rejoining the police force.
In an age where some think role models are scarce, these two gentleman are indeed exceptions to that rule. Here’s to wishing for the best for both of them.
As a footnote, the idiot who shot Officer Hazrati also shot another police officer later in the day as the standoff continued. That officer was saved by the Kevlar helmet he was wearing. It was after that that the suspect – Christopher Ellerbe – was shot and taken into custody. He waived his bond hearing yesterday. He is charged with two counts of attempted murder.
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That is an inspiring story! I wish him a speedy recovery!
What a fantastic story!! What a great inspiration, at a time when I could really use some!
Thanks for that story and for the kind words, I can’t tell you how much they mean.
We just had a deputy in Davidson county where I live, who had to shoot a guy who tried to get his gun during a struggle after a car chase.
I have only lost one officer at my department in the last 70 years or so. She was one of my training officers, though, and it was the first time I had lost someone who I considered a friend.
S.T., if it’s ok I wanted to post a site where they keep track of the officers killed as well as the stories of how they died. The site is odmp.org and it stands for Officer Down Memorial Page. It’s a great site that honors those who have died as well as giving statistical info on their deaths. National Police week is coming up and hopefully I can make next years memorial services in Washington, D.C. Police week was an absolute incredible and humbling experience. The area around the memorial is shut down and there are thousands of officers from all over the world as well as the country. I had the honor of standing a post behind the Attorney General during his speech. I also got to see my friends name on the wall along with all the others. I really can’t explain what that felt like.
Ok, I’m sorry I went rambling like that! If I babbled incoherently, please forgine me, I have alot of feelings about topics like these!
God Bless!
And if I spelled “forgive” wrong in my previous post, please forgive me!!!
LOL!!! Man I need a vacation!
Ahhhh You did Great NC. This is a very inspiring story, along with yours NC. I have always appreciated the hard work the boys in blue have done to keep our families safe. I don’t think we can say thank you enough. – Lorica
Ohhh and thank you for that link. Very good page.
I could be wrong, but if there’s one area where there seems to be real balance in reporting, it’s in the area of cops on the job. Unlike the reporting on the WOT and the troops getting the job done, we are not bogged down with only negative stories of crooked cops or failures to get the job done. It’s gratefully not uncommon to hear inspiring and heartwarming stories about police courage and success as well as stories like the ones highlighted here. And it is only right and just to do so. Another group of people who put their lives on the line on our behalf and they deserve the attention and praise.
Marshall art, Maybe I am being cynical. But I suspect the only reason the press gives favorable reviews of the police is becasue they are here at home. And, as such, it is almost impossible for the media to ignore such stories. I believe that if they could get away with unbalanced coverage in this area, they would. If the WOT were taking place on our soil, it would next to impossible for the media to lie/underreport the events of the conflict. But since the sheeple (as the media see us) are not in the middle east, it is much easier for them to be a propaganda tool for our enemies.
Inspiring post! Many thanks!