Reader RD found an interesting article that expands on this post. Again the money quote was:
“The thing is, once everybody’s carrying guns, it kind of becomes hard to identify who the good guy is, who the bad guys is. It’s not like people are running around with a stamp on their forehead saying, ‘good guy,’ ‘bad guy,’” said Marshall, Texas, Police Chief Jesus Campa.
Now from the article:
The peculiar story of a Texas senior law enforcement official remains shrouded in mystery and intrigue after claims by federal, state and municipal law enforcement sources that the top cop was criminally indicted for embezzling millions of dollars in Homeland Security funds.
The bizarre tale involves Jesus “Eddie” Campa, the former chief deputy of the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office (EPCSO), a Texas agency responsible for patrolling more than 1,000 square miles with a population of about 700,000. Campa served in the department as a jailer and officer for two decades, according to public records. He left the agency earlier this year following the indictment allegations, supposedly for embezzling $5.6 million in Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) funds, sources tell JW. After an unusually short stint as police chief for the Ector County Independent School District in Odessa, Campa was recently sworn in as police chief in Marshall, a town of about 24,000 residents in northeast Texas.
Now with this story there is no indictment or conviction so I will not presume guilt, but these serious allegations are not exactly common among CLEOs. Also while these are just allegations there are certainly MANY instances of police officers from beat officers to chief officers committing serious crimes against the people they have been sworn to protect.
Funny how Chief Campa is concerned about a citizen exercising their enumerated right to keep and bear arms, but doesn’t seem to have any empathy at all to those of us who might encounter officers in our daily life and be concerned that they may abuse their powers, plant evidence, or attempt to extort us for nefarious reasons. I mean it isn’t like police officers have “Good Cop” or “Bad Cop” stamped on their foreheads!
Dude, you so stole my line 🙂
That’s okay….it’s a great way to end the post.
Criminals ALWAYS prefer-ed unarmed victims, even when the criminal is disguised as a government official.
I think there was a typo there, so I corrected it. Great point, and I wanted to make sure it was clear.