2 Cops Killed, No Sign of Sharpton

Hattiesburg, Miss. It was anything but a "routine traffic stop" on Saturday night when Officers Benjamin Deen, 34, and Liquori Tate, 24, stopped a 2000 gold Cadillac Escalade with 3 people aboard. 

Officer Deen made the stop and Tate came later to assist him when shots were fired. The suspects: Curtis Banks, 26, his brother, Marvin Banks, 29, and 22-year-old Joanie Calloway were in the vehicle. They were later apprehended at different locations.

Both officers were struck by gunfire and later succumbed to their wounds in hospital. These brave men are the first Hattiesburg police officers to die in the line of duty in 30 years.

Warren Strain, a spokesman for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety told the AP that Marvin Banks and Joanie Calloway have been charged with two counts of capital murder and Curtis Banks has been charged with two counts of accessory after the fact of capital murder.

Strain added that Marvin Banks faces additional charges.

It isn't known if any of the suspects have attained lawyers at this time, but I'm sure if they haven't, I know a loud-mouth race baiter who would jump on the case if he believes it will go national and make him a buck . . . unless he's on assignment for his leftist TV station.

In 2012, Deen was honored as the department's "Officer of the Year."  Officer Tate had only been on the force for about 2 years.

Hattiesburg Mayor, Johnny DuPree, said that Benjamin Deen leaves behind a wife and two children. 

Liquori Tate leaves behind siblings and a mother.

And today is Mothers Day.


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