Last night, Harris County, Texas deputy Darren Goforth was shot from behind multiple times while putting gas into his cruiser. A suspect is in custody.
Harris County Sheriff Ron Hickman spoke about killing today, and had strong words about those fanning the anti-police flames:
Sheriff Hickman: "We've heard 'black lives matter,' 'all lives matter.' Well cops lives matter too." pic.twitter.com/4p6lfmkVRD
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 29, 2015
Sheriff Hickman: "Why don't we just drop the qualifier and just say 'lives matter'?" pic.twitter.com/Q0nr07Hn7Q
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 29, 2015
.@SheriffHickman: "This rhetoric is out of control. I know #BlackLivesMatter, so do our lives. Let's drop this and say 'All Lives Matter.'"
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) August 29, 2015
#BREAKING – @HCSOTexas's Sheriff Hickman says motive behind deputy's killing is out of "absolute madness." Calls it random attack. #HouNews
— Steve Campion (@SteveABC13) August 29, 2015
Harris County Sheriff says: this makes you doubt humanity.
— Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) August 29, 2015
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BREAKING: Harris County Sheriff provides an update on last night's fatal shooting of a deputy at a TX gas station http://t.co/0VRDABmjht
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 29, 2015
And crickets from Obama RT @FoxNews: Sheriff Hickman: "This [anti-police officer] rhetoric has gotten out of control" pic.twitter.com/ohryiCCjhF
— Ray Brownell (@RayBrownell) August 29, 2015
You can be sure that Sheriff Hickman saying “all lives matter” will be spun into controversy.
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