Conservative talk show host Matt Patrick's political rant of the suicide of a HPD officer

[Catherine Vincent]

This smart-ass uses the death of a HPD officer for a political rant. The kick is he tweeted his rant before knowing all the facts. He couldn't wait to tweet about it and didn't bother to proofread his tweet.

https://twitter.com/Radiomattrick/status/501857614926327808

[quote]

"PLEASE PRAY for the @houstonpolice officer shot today downtown. I wonder of Obama will send Holder to Houston to find the shooter?"

http://www.chron.com/houston/article/HPD-officer-killed-in-shooting-5698893.php

HPD officer dies of self-inflicted gunshot woundBy Craig Hlavaty, Mike Glenn | August 19, 2014 | Updated: August 19, 2014 8:57pm

A Houston police officer on Tuesdsay was found dead, apparently at his own hands, inside a parking garage behind the HPD Jail near downtown, authorities said.

The officer was discovered about 4 p.m. inside his HPD patrol car parked at the garage along Washington near Riesner. Other HPD officers spotted him while they arrived prior to starting their Tuesday evening shift. He was still in uniform and slumped over inside the patrol car, authorities said.

"The officers pulled him out of the car. They determined he was deceased," said Victor Senties, a Houston police spokesman. The officers found a pistol inside the car.

http://www.khou.com/story/news/investigations/2014/08/19/ticket-rigging-internal-investigation/14322667/

Officer who took his life was part of ticket-rigging internal investigation
HOUSTON -- The KHOU I-Team has confirmed the officer who took his life was under internal investigation. He was a 21-year veteran of the force, and out of respect for the family, KHOU has chosen not to release his name until Houston Police officially do so.

Multiple sources confirm to the I-Team that he was relieved of duty earlier Tuesday. He is one of four HPD officers relieved and ordered to turn in their badges amid a ticket-rigging investigation that questions where those officers were, and when.

An I-Team analysis of speeding tickets written by the Houston Police Traffic Enforcement Unit reveals several dozen cases in which officers were listed in two places at once. That includes the officer who committed suicide.

[Thinkingabout]

1. It is a bad thing for anyone to attempt to gain on the death of someone at anytime.

Many of the daily rangers needs to reason through their rants, to weed out what may be right and what is not right. It hurts the families of all concerned, he should apologize for his inaccurate story.