Riley Howell: “His Sacrifice Saved Lives”
BY Herschel Smith
5 years, 7 months ago
“He always was able to put others before himself and never hesitated to help anyone who needed it.”
So when a gunman walked into his classroom at UNC Charlotte late Tuesday evening and opened fire, officials said Howell sacrificed himself to save his peers.
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Chief Putney said Howell’s sacrifice saved lives. Blocked inside a classroom, Putney said he had no option to run or hide, so he fought.
“He took the fight to the assailant. Unfortunately, he had to give his life to do so, but he saved lives doing so,” Putney said about Howell. “He took the assailant off his feet, and the heroes that we have here were able to apprehend from there.”
“Mr. Howell saved lives.”
Um, Mr. Putney, you have it exactly backwards. I don’t know how you could have screwed this up any more if you had actually tried.
The heroes aren’t the cops, who were all armed. The UNC system is a “gun free zone,” meaning that only your officers got to confront the assailant being able to defend themselves. Sorry, but that doesn’t count as heroic.
Leave it to a cop to elevate other cops as heroes when someone else gave his life. The hero here is Mr. Howell. You know it, I know it, and everybody who heard that speech knows it. You embarrassed yourself in front of the world. And you’re probably too stupid to know it.
On May 2, 2019 at 9:47 pm, Donk said:
Putzney, affirmative action a go go, along with his woefully incompetent and unqualified cohort as fire chief. Ask me how I know – #firefighterbuddies at rhe Captains level on down.
On May 3, 2019 at 6:03 am, Jim Wiseman said:
There was a processional to Waynesville for him. https://www.citizen-times.com/story/sports/high-school/hshuddle/2019/05/02/uncc-shooting-crowds-welcome-victim-riley-howell-home-waynesville/3651758002/
On May 3, 2019 at 7:58 am, Heywood said:
Cops certainly do like to give themselves awards, and praise. All part of one big blue Mutual Masturbation Society. Makes up for when they got their lunches stolen in grade school.
On May 3, 2019 at 12:30 pm, Chris Mallory said:
The cops got there after the true first responders ending the spree.
On May 4, 2019 at 2:17 am, DAN III said:
There are no good cops.
None.
NADA.
Zip.
Zero.
I say AGAIN:
There. Are. No. Good. Cops.