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Police Officer Andrew Duarte

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As I write this, we are two days past the  tragic murder of West York Borough Police Office Andrew Duarte on Saturday 22 February 2025. Officer Duarte was one of so many Police Officers from all over York County who responded to a call of an active shooter at UPMC Memorial Hospital in West Manchester Township. Police officers responded to their training to resolve the incident.  The scumbag hostage taker confronted a Police formation holding a zip-tied hostage.  At that point, he was neutralized in what the York County District Attorney called a justified and necessary action to preserve the lives of innocent people. During the incident, Officer Duarte, 5 days past his 30th birthday, was shot & killed, and two other Police Officers were wounded. Three staff members of UPMC Memorial were shot and wounded.  UPMC personnel were taken hostage in the ICU and some were zip-tied. The York County law enforcement community lost one of its own.  It hurts.  It hur...
  My political observations for today. T rump Derangement Syndrome , the next iteration, will kick off fully tomorrow at Noon EST. Here's what will happen— Liberals everywhere will melt down. There will be wailing & gnashing of teeth. The goons on the late-night TV "comedy" shows will ramp up their anti-Trump vitriol. Some of the media will continue their campaign of hate and division. Some others have learned a lesson. Maybe because their ratings are somewhere between the toilet and the sewage treatment plant. Now, this is for my Trump-hating liberal friends— Yes, I do have friends who are liberal Democrat, Trump haters, but we're adults, so we still manage to get along and treat each other with respect. I have not blocked, unfriended, reported any of them to whatever authorities they fear or murdered anyone for their political beliefs. Please look at history and you will see that it took Ronald Reagan, the greatest President of the 20th century, his first ...