Make America Safe Again: Cop Killings In Virginia Beach And York, Pennsylvania!

A series of deadly shootings killing three police officers.

So as expected, the so called Back the Blue crowd will automatically blame Black men or immigrants for the shootings of police officers.

Public servants who dedicate their lives to serving their communities. 

Virginia Beach, an independent city in metropolitan Hampton Roads, Virginia is the largest community. It has a population of 495,000 residents.

Hampton Roads consists of the independent cities of Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson, Williamsburg, the town of Smithfield in Virginia and Elizabeth City in North Carolina.

The population of the region is 2.8 million residents. The two other large cities are Chesapeake with a population of 312,000 and Norfolk population with a population of 268,000.

In York, Pennsylvania the population of 57,000 is located 25 miles from Harrisburg.

The Susquehanna/Hershey Valley includes York, Harrisburg, Hershey, Carlisle, Lancaster and Gettysburg.

How many mass shootings?

48 mass shootings 

How many school shootings?

2 school shootings

How many police shooting or police involved accidents that killed suspects?

138 people killed

How many police officers killed by suspects or other events?

12 police officers and canine officers killed

Let's go down the list of many deadly encounters for police and first responders.

1. Routine traffic stop.

2. Answering a domestic violence or a mentally ill call.

3. Animal (cat, dog, coyote, bear or rabid animal attack).

4. Water rescue (ice, high water or flash flooding).

5. Mass shooting.

6. Friendly fire.

7. Traffic control.

8. High speed pursuits.

9. Exposure to biohazards/pathogens (HIV, STDs, food, blood, vomit or COVID-19).

10. Swatting (including making false statements, hostage negotiations and criminal damaging).

11. Weather (tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires and blizzards).

12. Stress (suicide, domestic issues at home, alcohol abuse, corruption, racism or harassment).

Domestic violence calls are extremely dangerous for police. They don't know what they're walking into. Usually, the aggressor may be armed or mentally ill and the police have to risk their lives to save others.

President Donald J. Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem were notified.

Virginia Beach mourns the loss of two officers killed in a traffic stop.

1. Virginia Beach Police Shooting.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and U.S. House members of Virginia were notified.

A convicted felon allegedly "executed" two Virginia police officers at point-blank range as they were already lying on the ground wounded and defenseless following a weekend traffic stop, authorities said.

Virginia Beach Police Officers Cameron Girvin, 25, and Christopher Reese, 30, were both pronounced dead early Saturday after being shot multiple times in a "horrific" encounter that was caught on the officers' body cameras and their squad car dashboard camera, according to Virginia Beach Police Chief Paul Neudigate.

"I can tell you from the video that after he executed our officers, he calmly walked away," Neudigate said of the suspect, identified as 42-year-old John McCoy III of Virginia Beach, who police said they found dead from an apparent suicide.

Neudigate said it was the first time in 16 years that the Virginia Beach Police Department has lost an officer in a line-of-duty shooting. He said every member of his department "is hurting."

"We asked them to go out in this community and keep us safe from evil. And last night, evil found them," Neudigate said during a news conference on Saturday.

Girvin and Reese were partnered up Friday night and were assigned to the midnight shift traffic car, Neudigate said. At about 11:27 p.m. on Friday, the officers attempted to stop a blue Hyundai Sonata after noticing it had expired license plate tags. The driver, according to Neudigate, failed to pull over.

The chief said the officers followed the car to a dead-end street, where the suspect pulled over and stopped.

Neudigate said Girvin and Reese approached the car, which had two people inside, and requested the driver, identified as McCoy, to get out.

"The male driver was immediately argumentative, refused to exit the vehicle at the officers' request," Neudigate alleged. "They made numerous requests for him to exit. At some point, he complied with the request, stepped out of the the vehicle."Once out of the car, a "tussle" ensued between McCoy and the officers, Neudigate said.

"This individual pulled a pistol from his pocket and immediately shot both VBPD officers," Neudigate said. "Those officers fell to the ground. While on the ground defenseless, he shot them each a second time."

Neudigate said responding officers began conducting a grid search for the suspect and found his lifeless body just after midnight Saturday in a shed behind an apartment complex near where the officers were shot.

The mayor and police chief of Virginia Beach denounced the shooter as a purely evil man.

"I can say from our preliminary investigation at this point in time, with everything that we know, leaves us to believe that this is a self-inflicted gunshot wound," Neudigate said of the suspect. "At no time did any of our officers fire shots."

The mortally wounded Reese was taken to Sentara Princess Anne Hospital in Virginia Beach, where he was pronounced dead shortly after midnight Saturday, Neudigate said. Girvin was pronounced dead at Virginia Beach General Hospital around 4:30 p.m. Saturday, the chief said.

Both officers were surrounded by immediate family, close friends and fellow officers when they succumbed to their injuries, Neudigate said.

"Officers Girvin and Reese, they were dedicated, determined peace officers and public servants," an emotional Neudigate said. "They had stellar reputations in our department, and their work ethic was beyond reproach."

He said Reese had been a member of the police department since 2022, having previously worked for the Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office between 2019 and 2022. Neudigate said Girvin joined the police department in 2020.

Neudigate said investigators are trying to determine a motive for the double homicide. He said McCoy had one felony conviction stemming from 2009, but had the officers found the gun on him, he would have faced a new felony charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

"I think we all want to know that," Neudigate said of the motive. "But I think only one person does, and that individual is deceased."

He said the person in the car with McCoy at the time of the shooting was not arrested and is not facing any charges.

Virginia Beach Mayor Bobby Dyer led a moment of silence for Reese and Girvin at the start of Saturday's news conference, calling the officers "heroes."

"Today our city is heartbroken," Dyer said. "We mourn the loss of two of our own brave Virginia Beach police officers, who made the ultimate sacrifice. Their dedication to protecting our community will never be forgotten."

West York Borough Police officer shot during a hostage standoff at a York hospital.

2. York Police Shooting.

Gov. Josh Shapiro, Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), Sen. David McCormick (R-PA) and U.S. House members of Pennsylvania were notified.

Anguish and anger at the very recent loss of a loved one apparently spurred on the man who would target the intensive care unit at a Pennsylvania hospital Saturday morning, a senior law enforcement official briefed on the investigation told ABC News.

One officer was killed and at least five others were shot in the hostage situation that unfolded at a hospital in York County according to state officials.

The suspect, Diogenes Archangel-Ortiz, entered UPMC Memorial in West Manchester Township with a semi-automatic handgun and zip ties at around 10:30 a.m. He then went to the ICU and took several hospital staff hostage, officials said at a press conference Saturday afternoon.

Ortiz shot a hospital doctor, nurse and custodian, all of whom are now stable, officials said. Three police officers were shot during the incident and one died.

West York Borough police officer Andrew Duarte was killed in the shooting, the borough confirmed. The other two officers were hospitalized in stable condition.

Archangel-Ortiz was upset over what he perceived was a lack of care for a family member who had just been in the hospital's ICU, the senior official said. That family member was terminal -- something Archangel-Ortiz had difficulty accepting, the official added.

The family member had died within the last week.

UPMC York Campus.

When Archangel-Ortiz entered the hospital Saturday, he headed for the ICU where there was a small medical team, including one doctor who had treated his family member, the senior official said.

Archangel-Ortiz is believed to have acted alone in the incident.

"This is a huge loss to our community," York County District Attorney Tim Barker said. "Officer Duarte gave his life protecting others."

Law enforcement from multiple agencies, including West York Borough Police, Pennsylvania State Police, and the York County Quick Response Team, responded to the situation. Officers attempted to negotiate with Ortiz, but he emerged from the ICU holding a hospital staff member at gunpoint, her hands bound by zip ties.

"The officers were left with no recourse," Barker said. "They opened fire, killing Ortiz and preventing further loss of life."

"After reviewing surveillance footage and witness statements, it is absolutely clear and beyond any doubt that the officers acted lawfully in using deadly force," he said. "Quite frankly, they needed to—because by doing so, they potentially saved even more lives."

UPMC said no patients were injured in the shooting.

These murderers don't have mental illness. They are calculated and prepared. It happened to be a moment where they have the opportunity to take out lives.

There's no sickness in the head. Most mass shooters legally obtain their assault rifles without little background checks. They have likely no criminal history and they are willing to use the assault weapon in the only thing it's good for: Killing numerous lives.

I dismiss this ridiculous notion that criminals are the problem, not the guns. 

Firearms are often obtained through legal purchases. 

Again, having more security, teachers being armed and offering safe rooms are not solving the problem. The problem is lawmakers not willing to stop gun violence.

According to the far right: White shooters are mentally ill. Black shooters are unrepentant thugs and criminals. Gay shooters are active groomers. Muslim shooters are terrorists. Hispanic and Asian shooters are illegal immigrants. According to the far right, almost all white [or non-white] mass shooters are registered Democrats [or some progressive activist] because they have liked or done one thing common to the left. Of course, they often share or post disinformation by using the "Sam Hyde" meme or make bogus social media platforms with the shooter's image as a way to denounce most mass shooters being white or associated with conservative causes. The far right says a white person should "protect" themselves from thugs, terrorists or protesters. They believe the use of firearms are "justified" if they are protesting or even instigating a conflict. The far right believes if a shooter is a police officer, an active military member, a veteran or a citizen who supports conservative causes, they are considered a "heroes" and use of firearms are justified. If the shooters are teens in urban communities, the far right automatically assumes the gunmen are Black.

The Republicans usually amplify white victims. Anytime a person of color kills a white victim, it is often wall-to-wall coverage on Fox, Twitter and they force it into national news. They make the case to blame Black Lives Matter, Barack Obama, Kamala Harris, Democrats, Rev. Al Sharpton and rap music for Black on whatever violence. Republican legislators who do not live in urban neighborhoods often troll social media to talk about gun violence or crime in Chicago, Baltimore, Milwaukee and New York City while not doing a damn thing to stop it. If a white person shoots a Black person, the shooter is given the benefit of doubt. White shooters are given glowing profiles about their perfect lives and how friends noticed something but refused to do something. When it comes to Black shooters, automatic vilification. They don't see mental illness. They see it as gang violence, allegedly fatherless homes, Democratic policies or the need for more firearms. 

Never stops.

The far right and Republicans exploit gun violence in the Black community for culture wars and racism.

The website Officer Down is a memorial to those police officers who were killed in the line of duty. Those victims who don't get their names or accomplishments mentioned in the junk food media. Also the website the National Gun Violence Memorial also keeps record of the many individuals killed by gun violence. We are tracking police violence and school shootings as well. 

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Let them know that "thoughts and prayers," "hearts going to" and "good guys with guns" are no longer acceptable and you want legislation to curb gun violence. Let them know that we are tired of police officers using immunity when committing death of suspects in custody. Let them know that you are tired of private equity firms getting away with destroying small businesses and long established companies. Let them know that you are tired of your taxpayer money going to foreign nations like Israel. You are tired of hearing about "Israel having a right to..." and the bogus claims of being anti-Semitic or in support of terrorism. 

We have bigger issues at home and our tax dollars should solve the housing crisis, lowering food prices, fixing roads, bridges, helping reinvest in struggling urban and rural communities. We have hospitals closing, big box retailers leaving communities and television programs dying. There are bigger issues in the country than Israel. You want an immediate ceasefire and accountability for war crimes done by Israel. You want no more foreign influence in American elections. You also want to make sure future presidents and legislators avoid influence from lobbyists.