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When Honor's At Stake

Education > Teachers > The Blood of a Thousand Tears
 

The Blood of a Thousand Tears

The blood of a thousand tears.....
I remember responding to my first shooting vic...to this day I can still feel it, smell it, and see it as if I am still there.
I guess there are moments we ARE locked in forever.
More than the death of the victim, I remember and still feel the earth shattering pain of his mother.  Her sobs still haunt me.
It sometimes is so hard to be a cop, when the instinct is to comfort...to console.  Police proceedure can be so cold.
For the memory of this 15 y/o child, and the 13 y/o male perp.
The amazing thing is that I was the responding detective when the shooter met his death 6 years later.
What is it in our society that allows this to happen, children to kill children.
When did we stop caring about our neighbors on this planet?
When did we stop reaching out?
Did we ever?
That day the mother cried a thousand tears, for the blood of her son...
Inside I wept with her
 

posted on Apr 17, 2008 9:01 AM ()

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Oh! This was a very sorrow-filled time... reporting the death of a child to a parent. The first time or the last time... it must always be so very hard! Children killing children....
comment by sunlight on Apr 19, 2008 11:18 PM ()
My nephew who lives in Atlanta is a policeman and loves it. He knew from the time he was five years old that was what he wanted to do. His first year who pulled a guy over for speeding and the guy jumped my nephew and they tousled for his gun and it was a case of win or die. It was very traumatic but he had a lot of support and counseling. Still loves being a policeman.
comment by gapeach on Apr 17, 2008 7:47 PM ()
I can imagine how the sobs of the mother would still haunt you. That must have been so difficult to hear. Are you still a detective now? (if you don't mind me asking.)
comment by hopefields on Apr 17, 2008 6:08 PM ()
Reading the line, "I remember..." took me back to Korea when I was in the Marines and not only saw my buddies killed but I killed the first person (and I hope the last) in my life--yes, it was war but so are our streets and sadly both will go on forever--and we don't forget.
comment by greatmartin on Apr 17, 2008 4:37 PM ()
How sad. I alway's had fears of that happening to my son's. They are grown-up now, but now I worry for our Grandchildren.
comment by carrryon on Apr 17, 2008 2:14 PM ()
I could never be a "first line responder" (or as bush calls you guys, "first time responders"). Picking up the pieces as it happened is too much, part of why I wont work ER either. ICU is close enough to the action for me. But all of us who do this kind of work have to try and maintain some distance emotionally, to maintain our objectivity. It's not that we don't care, its that overwhelming emotion could cloud our reasoning in crisis situations. Not to mention protecting our own sanity.

Stay sane sister, between work and your personal life, that may be a chore if its own...

comment by ekyprogressive on Apr 17, 2008 12:07 PM ()
I know that my son is experiencing some of these things even though he's only been on the street for a few months. He told me about two weeks ago he had seen his this car accident with a teenage girl who was killed. It affected him, but he held it together. He got in the car with his senior officer and text me one line. "Mom, I just saw my first dead teenager." I called him when he got home and he told me that he had prepared himself from the moment they got the call, but it was haunting him. I don't know how you do this. I don't know how he does. God bless you for what you deal with.
comment by teacherwoman on Apr 17, 2008 9:21 AM ()
Awwww....

Great post.

We are moving away from savageness of one kind and moving toward savageness of another kind. It is all a part of the evolution of our species - TTT - Things Take Time. With that said, we must understand that change does not happen without struggle and does not transform immediately. At the same time, we must learn to control our thoughts so our intentions steer us toward the path of truth, justice, and integrity. TTT - Things Take Time and Timing is everything.
comment by whereabouts on Apr 17, 2008 9:08 AM ()

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