Authorities Fear Cops Being Targeted After at Least 11 Officers Shot in 24 Hours

Maybe this will give the gun-happy, kooks on the Right a moment to pause and reflect on changing some of the loopholes that are giving criminals and the mentally-challenged possession of guns. Thank goodness, unlike our President, we here in New York City have a mayor who cares about these things:

Authorities are worried a recent wave of police officer shootings may not be a coincidence.


In just 24 hours, at least 11 cops were shot around the country.


The most recent incident at a fugitive's house in St. Petersburg, Fla., left two officers dead and a U.S. marshal wounded Monday. Hours earlier, an Oregon officer was critically wounded after being shot multiple times during a traffic stop.


Monday's violence followed a bloody Sunday that left an officer in Indianapolis critically wounded during a traffic stop shooting, four officers in Indianapolis wounded after a gunman opened fire in a precinct and two more officers in Washington wounded in a shootout in a Walmart parking lot.


"It's not a fluke," Richard Roberts, a spokesman for the International Union of Police Associations, told MSNBC.com. "There's a perception among officers in the field that there’s a war on cops going on."