In Memory of the Fallen

It totally rankles me that in our society we publish the heck out of the agents of evil and the victims quickly fade from view, remembered only by the friends and family they left behind.  I can't name one of the victims of  jeffrey dahmer, ted bundy or david berkowitz (son of sam), just to name a few.  The only one I could come up with was Sharon Tate in the manson murders.

So in an effort to keep the memory of the victims of that ex-LAPD psychopath, justly fired, alive over his memory, as much as this blog can, here are their names.

Police Officer Michael Crain
Riverside Police Department, California
End of Watch: Thursday, February 7, 2013

His Officer Down Memorial Page Link






A fund was set up for anyone wishing to make a donation to Crain's family.

Checks can be mailed to:
Riverside Police Officers Association Assistance Fund (RPOA)
1965 Chicago Ave., Suite B
Riverside, CA 92507





Detective Jeremiah MacKay
San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, California
End of Watch: Tuesday, February 12, 2013

His Officer Down Page Link






A memorial fund has been established for the MacKay family.
To contribute: Detective Jeremiah MacKay Memorial Fund, c/o SEBA, Attn: Ellen Monsalve, 735 E. Carnegie Drive, Suite 125, San Bernardino 92408.

Monica Quan and Keith Lawrence

They passed together as they were going to go through life on February 3, 2013.

In memory of the couple and to continue their legacy, the Quan and Lawrence families have established the Monica Quan and Keith Lawrence Girls Basketball Scholarship Fund. For more information, visit www.leaap.org or email lapdleaap@gmail.com.
www.leaap.org (Link)

Our prayers are with their family, friends and co-workers.

*uncapitalized names done purposefully because to capitalize them would show a sign of respect they certainly do not deserve.


“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.”
― Mahatma Gandhi


Psalm 37:9
For those who are evil will be destroyed, but those who hope in the Lord will inherit the land.

sygyzy

Three Fallen Brothers

Three of our fallen Chicago Pd brothers, by the hands of others in the last two months. End of tour.  Please be safe out there, each and everyone of you, they are and will take our lives.  Our prayers are with the families they left behind and thoughts go to the promised day when peace is everlasting.



Michael R. Bailey, 62, a 20-year veteran weeks from retirement, was shot a little after 6 a.m. while cleaning his Buick -- a retirement gift to himself -- in the 7400 block of South Evans Avenue, police said.  He had just gotten home and was still in his uniform when as many as three men approached, a source said. Preliminary information indicates Bailey announced he was an officer, and there was an exchange of gunfire between Bailey and at least one of the men, a source said.  The officer's son, who was home at the time, grabbed one of his father's guns and ran outside after he saw his father on the ground, the source said. It was unclear if the son fired any shots at the attackers.  The men fled and were being sought this afternoon, the source said. Three handguns, including one belonging to Bailey and another believed to belong to the assailants, were found at the scene.

Thor Soderberg

Thor Soderberg, 43, a 11-year police veteran.-Before ripping away Chicago police officer Thor Soderberg's handgun and shooting him dead with it, Bryant Brewer, a felon with a long arrest record, inexplicably tried getting inside the last place anyone would expect him to go: a renovated police facility full of cops.  Moments before Soderbergh, an 11-year police veteran, was killed Wednesday, Brewer strolled down 61st Street, screaming and hollering at no one in particular before he tried opening a locked door to the oldEnglewood police station that now serves as a police deployment center, according to a witness.  After Brewer killed the officer, he fired shots at a stranger sitting across the street and then peppered the facade of the police building with gunshots before being shot by responding officers, prosecutors said Friday.

Tom Wortham, 30, 3-year veteran.-Late Wednesday, Wortham became the latest casualty, fatally gunned down in front of his family homejust steps from the basketball courts after four men tried to rob him of a brand-new motorcycle, Chicagopolice said. His father, a retired Chicago police sergeant, witnessed the attack from the front of his home and wielded his own weapon to try to defend his son.  One of the robbers was killed and a suspect was critically injured. A third suspect surrendered to police by late afternoon, and the last was picked up during a traffic stop Thursday evening, sources said.  Wortham was a three-year officer and a first lieutenant in the Army National Guard. He had returned from Iraq in March.

Tom Wortham

Some Brief Memorial Videos from DC

Wow been gone longer than I thought away from the blog...won’t happen again. Here are some brief cell phone videos I took while at the police memorial at Washington DC in 2010 for the candle light vigil. I know shaky –cam but it tells some of the story.  It quickly becomes sobering when you pass all our fallen brothers' and sisters' names chiseled into the stone.  Everyone please be safe out there.