My first shooting (1501 hits)
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Submitted by Joedaddy (View user info) at 2005-06-17 03:11:29 EDT
Graveyard Shift: 11;45 PM to 7:45 AM.........where all rookies learn about the 'streets'.
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It was my 6th month on the force. I had been assigned to patrol and my area was, of course, one of the
two most troublesome 'beats' in the city. For multiple reasons, I was alone in my cruiser 50% of the time.
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I handled all sorts of crimes, across the board, but my specialty quickly became apprehending heroin dealers. I didn't bother the users much. Their lives were complicated enough and they needed help from
another agency and not a cop. No, the ones I relentlessly went after were the sellers of the poison.
Many of my buddies had come back from the war hooked on the shit. I had even smoked a few
'OJ's' (opium soaked marijuana joints) myself after returning from 'unpleasantries' out in the field. I was quite familiar with the drugs effect and why, some people could turn to it's use.
If this fact had ever had been day lighted to my present employer, I most certainly would never have
gotten the job. I considered the knowledge an asset, but was never stupid enough to admit the use
during my vetting process.
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There was a park with a small lake on my beat. The dealers would use this area to sell small quantities
of heroin to the street junkies and other people who would drive into the area from adjacent cities.
Larger quantities were also sold to other street dealers from outside the local area.
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It is well known that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. To a junkie, you multiply the
importance and dynamics of this statement by at least a factor of 10.
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The park was becoming a fucking outdoor shopping bazaar for drugs starting each day at 6AM sharp.
Most of the smart dealers would wait the extra one hour and forty-five minutes to open shop. They
quickly learned that the new hard-ass would quite literally chase them down with his cruiser, or on foot,
if need be. They also learned that possession was not a prerequisite for arrest. 'It', could be provided, if
necessary. All those hiding places of water, bushes, dirt mouths and anuses didn't mean shit to me.
Yeah I know, another fucking Crusader Rabbit in town.
That's OK. I was quite comfortable with that, back then.
One morning I decided to park the cruiser outside of the park, at one of the two entrances, and walk in.
If you drove in, the dealers and customers would scatter like roaches from a bright light as the sound of
"ROLLER" and "5-O" echoed off the surface of the lake. This would come from well paid 'lookouts' on
bicycles, in trees, bushes and every other imaginable hiding place.
I really hated those assholes.
It was on one of these walks I noticed a well-dressed man exiting a large bush. I figured he was the owner
of a Porshe coupe that I had parked next to, by the entrance of the park. The car looked 'out of place' but
I assumed he had needed to take a piss (or something else) real bad.
Before I could say: "Please don't piss or shit in the park" and send him on his way, the man was all over me.
He was incredibly fast and I was incredibly stupid, and alone.
Somehow he already had, my sidearm, halfway out of its holster.
I was too big for him to knock down, so we ended up moving back and forth, side-to-side, struggling for the gun. The gun had cleared my holster, so I knew; it was going to be the 'last dance' for one of us.
The man had managed to get one of his fingers on the trigger, inside the guard.
I have big hands, but I made the mistake of trying to block the trigger 'fall', and stop the cylinder from
revolving, at the same time.
When the hammer dropped, on my 357 Colt Python, it caught the webbing between my thumb and forefinger. That, did not hurt as much as the sound, and result, of a 'hydra-shock' 147 grain JHP
bullet, exiting the barrel at around 1700fps.
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User Reviews
Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2008-06-18 23:48:36 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2005-06-17 05:25:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Why, wHY, WHY didn't you shoot HadToBeDone!!!!!?????
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Yeah, why didn't you shoot me, you pussy?
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2008-06-18 21:44:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Didn't read it. Maybe I did. I don't know. Didn't review the list of comments, though.
Submitted by kybernetikum (user info) at 2006-10-11 13:05:43 EDT (#)
Ranking: -1
Thats not good and I don´t like cops.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2006-01-07 19:59:48 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I know I read this before, but why didn't I rate it?
Probably because I was drunk or stupid. Or both...
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-11-11 01:33:23 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Joe's an old cop thinking he's still typing on a typewriter.
hits return at the end of lines and shit.
Submitted by thecaes (user info) at 2005-11-11 01:03:33 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Wow. Gripping.
Formatting hurt my brain though.
Submitted by ajanssen (user info) at 2005-08-31 01:15:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Shit, I didn't know you were fucking cop. Remind me not to piss you off.
Submitted by jumpinjellyfish (user info) at 2005-06-27 10:11:57 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Really good stuff...as usual.
"For multiple reasons, I was alone in my cruiser 50% of the time."
-- I never understood why this has to happen. It just seems insane to put a rookie out there alone.
"If this fact had ever had been day lighted to my present employer, I most certainly would never have gotten the job."
-- Damn...don't I know that feeling!
Keep posting these great stories...now I'm off to part 2.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2005-06-21 19:35:24 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Jungle_Jimanee (user info) at 2005-06-20 10:48:43 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by jack11058 (user info) at 2005-06-19 22:28:02 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
good thing you got on the force before they started doing polygraphs. the OJ might have hurt. of course, people say you can beat a polygraph. it's not true. but you CAN beat a polygrapher...
Submitted by matnotharry (user info) at 2005-06-19 05:44:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
w00t
Submitted by Graham (user info) at 2005-06-18 10:16:45 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Please finish
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2005-06-17 19:13:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2005-06-17 18:44:17 (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2005-06-17 15:58:24 (#)
Ranking: 0
Jack: Same thing and yes, I have been very concerned about 'outing' myself.
The peace pipe sounds good, except I'll need to know "whats in it?" first.
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What's in it?
Hell, if I tell you that you'll end up chasing me across a park.
Hmmm. What's the name of that shithole public park in the Tenderloin near Larkin and O'Farrell? I'll hang there for the next week or so. Feel free to roll by.
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SHOOT HIM, JOE! SHOOT HIM!! Pulllllllllleeeeeaaaaaaaaassssssssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, shoot SOMEBODY!!
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2005-06-17 18:44:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2005-06-17 15:58:24 (#)
Ranking: 0
Jack: Same thing and yes, I have been very concerned about 'outing' myself.
The peace pipe sounds good, except I'll need to know "whats in it?" first.
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What's in it?
Hell, if I tell you that you'll end up chasing me across a park.
Hmmm. What's the name of that shithole public park in the Tenderloin near Larkin and O'Farrell? I'll hang there for the next week or so. Feel free to roll by.
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2005-06-17 15:58:24 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Shlongy: Point taken, and thank you for the charitable rating.
Jack: Same thing and yes, I have been very concerned about 'outing' myself.
The peace pipe sounds good, except I'll need to know "whats in it?" first.
Rad1101: What can I say? Just a big Thank You for everything. We'll see how the
formatting instructions go, among other things.
Danger and Phallic: Thank You and I will expand on what Rad and Badass said, about
heroin and it's use, on a post in the future. (No NA 'stuff')
Badassmofo: The name says it all.
And a Thank You to the rest, who have taken the time to read an 'old man's' story.
I will be back tommorrow with,(now), Part 2
Joedaddy
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2005-06-17 10:05:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2005-06-17 08:56:53 (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2005-06-17 08:40:41 (#)
Ranking: 2
Having been to the user end and back I applaud your disgust with dealers and share in the same.
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Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-06-17 08:04:32 (#)
Ranking: 2
cops hate dealers because they are scum. They deal junk to sad helpless addicts; they are the shitbags who pollute the underclass of society.
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Bullshit. What fucking bullshit. All they do is provide something people want, they don't force it down people's throats. "Sad helpless addicts" is a load as well. How is dealing different to a pub giving beer to an alcoholic, or Prada selling a bag to a shopaholic? Or a McDonalds selling shit to a fat person? It's not the providers fault, its the customer who doesnt have enough self control.
If some idiot wants to self-destruct, why should society stop them? People need to take some fucking responsibility for their own actions, not blame entrepreneurs who can make a great living in a niche market that happens to be socially unacceptable at this ONE point in time.
Now if a dealer cuts their shit with chemicals, i can understand,but someone selling decent quality shit on a consistent basis is no scummier that anyone else in the service industry.
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Holy shit, Joe, your post has become a fscking social commentary. P_C makes some valid, but ultimately flawed statements, Rad's the Dubya who's gonna bring dealers to justice and badassmofo, with the benefit of hindsight, and there's food for thought here P_C - puts it all in perspective. Joe, you've the gun, wing somebody, just for kicks, c'mon.. and post some more/missing page or I will kick your arse. And we both know that'll hurt you more than me.. don't make me do it.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2005-06-17 09:53:11 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Story- decent.
Formatting - horseshit.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2005-06-17 09:35:04 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
cool. bring the next one.
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2005-06-17 09:26:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Phallic - agreed that for the most part you are correct in the sense that the bar tender is no different than a dope dealer (you know other than the whole breaking the law thing). In fact I tend to support my pot dealer. But don't confuse the issue here, heroin is a completely different fucking animal. Have you or any of your close friends been hooked before? There is something completley wrong with heroin and I'm not sure where you live, but where I live it's not the nice guy from Pulp Fiction with the house and wife and the high quality shit, it's the fucking scumbag on the corner who is cutting his shit with anything under the sun to make a buck. THose people are scumbags who know what they are doing to the people they probably grew up with.
Submitted by BigCore (user info) at 2005-06-17 09:03:54 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
So, is he dead or what?
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2005-06-17 09:03:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
+2 for the telling of the tale... but the formatting drove me apeshit.
Don't take it personally, I've gotten my share of -2's for stupid shit like that.
Note that this is NOT a -2, and I am officially extending the peace pipe.
You can smoke it, or lube the damn thing and pleasure yourself. Your call.
Randomly -2ing each other will get old, fast.
Keep this stuff coming. Maybe a little more detail in regard to the time these take place and the locations, without being specific enough to out yourself if you would rather not do that.
Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2005-06-17 08:56:53 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2005-06-17 08:40:41 (#)
Ranking: 2
Having been to the user end and back I applaud your disgust with dealers and share in the same.
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Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-06-17 08:04:32 (#)
Ranking: 2
cops hate dealers because they are scum. They deal junk to sad helpless addicts; they are the shitbags who pollute the underclass of society.
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Bullshit. What fucking bullshit. All they do is provide something people want, they don't force it down people's throats. "Sad helpless addicts" is a load as well. How is dealing different to a pub giving beer to an alcoholic, or Prada selling a bag to a shopaholic? Or a McDonalds selling shit to a fat person? It's not the providers fault, its the customer who doesnt have enough self control.
If some idiot wants to self-destruct, why should society stop them? People need to take some fucking responsibility for their own actions, not blame entrepreneurs who can make a great living in a niche market that happens to be socially unacceptable at this ONE point in time.
Now if a dealer cuts their shit with chemicals, i can understand,but someone selling decent quality shit on a consistent basis is no scummier that anyone else in the service industry.
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2005-06-17 08:40:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Having been to the user end and back I applaud your disgust with dealers and share in the same.
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-06-17 08:04:32 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
cops hate dealers because they are scum. They deal junk to sad helpless addicts; they are the shitbags who pollute the underclass of society.
Submitted by ATILLAtheGREAT (user info) at 2005-06-17 07:15:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Hate cops always taking me in for 1 bag of weed.....fuckers
Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2005-06-17 06:40:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I don't like cops, and i dont get why you hate dealers, but this is a good story.
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2005-06-17 05:47:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-06-17 05:26:52 (#)
Ranking: 2
You see, this was back in the ancient days, before modern weapon retention technology was invented, and teh cops had their revolvers in slick draw holsters that crims and loopers could get at easily.
I wonder why he didn't resubmit this?
I hope he didn't actually lose a page of this.
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You sure know a lot about guns and holsters and shit for a stupid beekeeper.
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-06-17 05:26:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
You see, this was back in the ancient days, before modern weapon retention technology was invented, and teh cops had their revolvers in slick draw holsters that crims and loopers could get at easily.
I wonder why he didn't resubmit this?
I hope he didn't actually lose a page of this.
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2005-06-17 05:25:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Why, wHY, WHY didn't you shoot HadToBeDone!!!!!?????
(Cheque's in the mail)
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-06-17 05:24:44 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
too bad he "dropped the ball"
<asmartasskid>
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2005-06-17 04:50:54 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
This is really good!
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-06-17 03:24:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
MOTHERFUCKER
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2005-06-17 03:12:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Screw me.
I lost a page again.
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