The Cincinnati Dealer - City Pledges 800% Increase in Cops Shooting People

City Pledges 800% Increase in Cops Shooting People

By Edmund Osterman | Dealer staff writer

Wed, Jan 18, 2006

CINCINNATI - In the wake of the last six weeks, in which three police officers have been shot, Cincinnati police and public officials vowed to start killing people again.

"If an officer pulls a gun out of a holster and we have citizens complaining, we apologize to you ahead of time," said Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) representative Kathy Harrell.

"When you've been on the job for years, you develop that sixth sense, and ... it allows you to act on that hunch. Many times you are right," said City Councilman Cecil Thomas. He added, "Some of the time, anyway."

The next riot due to the shooting of an unarmed citizen by a police officer is scheduled for June 13, 2006 (weather permitting).

Quick Poll

A weighted voting system, Proportional Representation (PR), may be on the ballot. How do YOU feel?

	This poll is invalid since I can't rank my choices.
	Leslie Ghiz is my #1, but I can't decide who to rank #2, Pat Fischer or John Eby.
	I can understand why the NAACP supports PR, since Charlie Winburn would likely replace Laketa Cole on council in 2009.
	I prefer the current model of electing the same 9 people every two years.
	I'm torn about PR. I would love to rank Sam Malone in dead last on a PR ballot, but I don't know if I could stomach voting for him.
	Does this mean Justin Jeffre and Michael Earl Patton will stop running for Council after they discover they still can't win under PR? Then I'm all for it.
	This system will only encourage more crazy people to run for City Council... and so I support it.
	Call me old-fashioned, but I would prefer it if the candidates with the most votes win.

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