An Officer and a Hero
January 26, 2013 6:45 PM
"48 Hours" Live to Tell: An unarmed police officer tackles a gunman to end a brutal home invasion.
Unarmed officer tackles gunman to end brutal home invasion
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See all 36 Commentsi dont understand how society pays for in full for all of their clothing, housing, food, medical, dental, surgeries, "medications", labwork, gym facilities, basketball courts, massage therapy, icecream, candy, cakes, coffee bar, cable tv, college degree, internet accounts, webcam, conjugal (sexual relations with the visitor of their choice), telephone calls, transportation, attorney fees, legal library, marriage ceremony, church, music/band/rap programs, video games/ movies/books, mp3 players, free haircuts/braiding/hairstylist, shaving, grooming supplies, no job required, no chores, special diets, special concerts, comedian guest entertainers, and i could go on and on about what all else they look forward to a spa driven, no ethics required "life' of leisure, all because they KNOW killing whitey is a ticket to the good life.
There was NOTHING racist in this story. It is a fact the perps were black -- that's not racist. It has been shown scientifically that eyewitness testimony is not always the best testimony, but we are even worse eyewitnesses for those not of our race. All races have more difficulty with facial recognition in people not of their race, so when Bella said "the faces all had similar features," that's not racist.
There was enough evidence to support that these were the perps. A sketchy story at the hospital by the perp who is trying to unload his bloodied clothing & a description of two gold teeth are fairly damning.
It is obvious this wasn't their first rodeo. They knew exactly what they were doing. The only thing they didn't expect was that someone would fight back. The brakes to the perp's car screeched when they saw these two outside the house. This implies they were not necessarily casing this particular house as much as looking for an open opportunity. They felt comfortable approaching a robbery this way which means they were experienced. They had malice aforethought for their first available victim, didn't matter who it was, just that they were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
The perps thought enough to have someone else carry the TV down. What novice wants to bother having someone get a TV? Some cojones to be that patient!! They were told there were more women & children inside the house and yet the perps were not intimidated about being outnumbered. They went head and pushed these two inside the home, a pretty confident move on their part.
They thought enough to tell family to go into the basement, either to give them enough time to run or so they could kill them where the neighbors were less likely to hear. Again, experienced. A novice might not even realize there was a basement.
They fired multiple shots at those they wounded and/or killed. A novice would have run at the first sign they were disabled. Only true killers would stand there and keep firing. They only shot three people. Why not shoot everyone in the house? At that point, they knew the grandmother had escaped. They had just enough time to attempt to murder at least 3 people and run. They only stopped at three because one got away and they were in fear of being caught.
I hope Gina's mother can find a way to get rid of the sheer hatred she has for the perps, but not for the perp's benefit. The last thing she needs is to allow the perp's control over her by making her an angry person.
When Bella spoke to Mario at the end, it was interesting. Mario seemed to completely ignore what the grandmother said, but when Bella said "you have given me a family I never had," it almost looked as if that struck a chord in Mario. I think he understood what it was like not to have a cohesive family and for one moment he saw her as a person and not an object. I don't think he cared about the comment, "You took a great police officer off the street." He was proud of that.
Bella should stop playing the "what ifs" game. That's a never-ending game with no possible way to know the answer. The "What-if" game can be played in a lot of ways:
What if Gina's cancer would have come back full force and she died a horrible death from cancer a year later? What if the bullet was a much less painful way to go? What if they had gone to pizza instead of studying that night? What if Bella hadn't stood up and everyone was dead?
What if those two were never caught and there were more victims from other families because Bella hadn't dared to stand up? What if, what if, what if?
Last but not least, what if Bella saved the two most precious things in Gina's life?
There isn't a good mother out there that would not gladly take a bullet so her children could live. Bella describes the moment when Gina says, "Please let me make sure my children are okay." The perps would not let Gina do this and Bella describes the feeling of Gina pleading with her to help at that moment.
Later, Bella did act on behalf of Gina and she gave Gina's children the gift of life. I have no doubt Gina is forever grateful to Bella for doing what Gina so badly wanted to do for her children at that moment and couldn't -- save them. Bella did help Gina. Bella acted on Gina's behalf. Bella, on behalf of mothers who love their children, I for one thank you for a job well done.
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