Bucky is not Robin Hood

It is difficult to even bring up the entire situation concerning the Bucky persuit and apprehension without many people simataniously shouting "Shut Up" at me.

But I will try to make a point that is derived out of the situation, but not directly about Bucky himself.

Here's the situation. Bucky was in jail because he had broken the law/and had an "extensive" criminal record. If you don't mind, take a look at this statement concerning his repeated attempts to escape.
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"Phillips, who is 43 and has an extensive criminal record, ... escaped from the Alden jail by using a can opener to pry open a kitchen ceiling. This was not the first time Phillips tried to escape from a jail. Phillips was an inmate at Chautauqua County Jail in 1992 when authorities there learned his then-girlfriend planned to smuggle a handcuff key to him during a visit, Deputy Douglas E. Walter said in an interview."

Deputies intercepted the girlfriend when she arrived at the jail, found the key and thwarted the escape plot, Walter said." - online artice ( no url))
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There are many people that don't like cops in general. Some may have personal reasons for such feelings, but I find myself becoming frustrated by the nastsy and negative language being used to describe the police.
I have a simple suggestion. Think about all the men and women that have worked round to clock in heat, rain and darkness all to protect the community at large from an allegedly violent criminal. How can their efforts to protect cause so many to react agressively?

Why are people calling the police names and then speaking about Mr. Phillips like he's Robin Hood? The cops are just doing their job. Would you rather have violent people running around shooting at you or the people you care about; or would you prefer to consider the time, energy and effort devoted to the protection of the community?

I realise that everyone is tired about hearing about this entire situation, but I;m haveing a difficult time processing the angst and suspicion againt the police - specifically the two officers that were injured last week. Some think that they shot at Mr. Phillips first - or that the actions of CPS (removing his grandchildren from thier mother's home) aggrivated and caused him to shoot the police in revenge. First off CPS (child protective services) and the police are two seperate entities. In all cases, CPS seeks to maintain a family unit unless they feel that the children are being abused, neglected or in a situation that is too dangeous for thier presence to continue in a home. If that safety can't be established or maintained in the home, CPS with "temporarily" remove the children from the home until the situation is resolved.

Back to my point, Bucky killed that police officer by shooting him in the leg. The bullets from the high powered rifle severed the main artery in his leg ( in most cases when shot in a main artery the person will bleed out within 3 minutes - essentailly the person will be legally dead.) So the officer bled to death within 3 minutes - the paramedic arrived about 25 minutes after the incident, he was then was revived by paramedics, sent to a hosptial in Buffalo,later the doctors attempted to save his life by amputating his injured leg, but this was not enough to save his live. The officer died - all because he was trying to protect people like us.

I don't mean to come on so strong - but human life is treated too carelessly anymore. At least this cop cared enough about other humans to risk and give his life - for us. He was only 32 years old he had a family. He was human too.

"Tony Longobardo of Schenectady told Capital News 9 that he and his family initially thought Joe, a 32-year-old member of the state police Mobile Response Team, would survive the gunshot wound that first cost him a leg, then his life.
... Longobardo died three days after being shot in western New York while on surveillance duty in the search for escaped convict Ralph ``Bucky" Phillips....Before joining the state police, Joe Longobardo served in the Marines and then in a Schenectady County-based unit of the New York Air National Guard. ...
Tony Longobardo told the Albany television station that everything his son did was aimed at serving the community....

Joe Longobardo is survived by his wife and their one-year-old son. His funeral is Monday morning in Saratoga Springs. (Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APTV-09-07-06 1056EDT".

Forgive the length of this rant, but it seems weird to me that the person that should be seen as a hero is being looked at by many as a thing, an instigatior or a killing machine.
Weird when he was the one that was killed.

So do me a favor, show some respect. Even if you don't care for policemen, try to look at the man who died as a young married man who by his death leaves his wife as a widow and his 1 year old child without a father.... because he thought about and cared for his community.

This whole situation is going to continue to be a media circus. People are going to talk about it alot. I suppose my hope would be that all the families hurting because of it would receive some comfort. I hope that Mr. Phillips' grandchildren can rest knowing that he wasn't harmed when taken into custody and I hope that the police officers that have been working around the clock and go home to be with their families. I hope that the people injured or the family of the officer that was killed can know that no one else will be in danger and that their sacrifices were noticed by someone, somewhere. ( I noticed)

Good night Pennsylvania and New York - get some rest, you've earned it!