The Dade County PBA Love Fund is accepting donations to assist the families of fallen Miami-Dade Police Officers Roger Castillo and Amanda Haworth during this difficult time. If you would like to help, please make your checks payable to “The Dade County PBA Love Fund” earmarked for Officers Castillo and Haworth in the memo section of your check. The mailing address is 10680 NW 25 St., Miami, FL 33172.

The Dade County PBA Love fund is a federally recognized charitable organization [501 (c) (3)] established in 1984 to aid law enforcement officers and their families in their time of need including assisting the families of officers killed in the line of duty. Your donations are tax deductible and 100 percent of the money goes to the families.

Via WSNV

The reasons:

1. No AK 47 or High Capacity “clip” was involved. Political hay cannot be made.
2. Hard to attach the “Poor boy gone wrong because of uncaring society” label to a stone cold killer. Political hay cannot be made.
3. One of the Officer killed was Latino. Hard to make a case against Racist Pigs. Political hay cannot be made.
4. The other Officer killed was a woman. Hard to make a case against Sexist Pigs. Political hay cannot be made.
5. No community or national faux religious “leader” available for comments. There is no political hay to be made.

Expect some small extra coverage of the officers during their burial, specially if lots of out of town cops come to pay their respects. It makes for good video.

Two Miami Dade Police Officers, one male and the other female died today while serving a warrant. Details are few at this time but the eventual media frenzy is at high pitch. At this time we only know that Officer Roger Castillo is dead and the female Officer’s name has not been released.

Earlier I saw a quick press conference with Miami Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez (MAIG) and I can swear I heard a reporter asking about the weapons used. Mayor Alavarez did not have information or was respectful enough to keep his mouth shut. If I was not a very suspicious person, I would leave it as curiosity but I have the feeling he was fishing for either the words “High Capacity Magazine” or “Assault Weapon.”

BOHICA.

UPDATE: The officers who gave their lives were Roger Castillo and Amanda Haworth. Say a prayer for them.

UPDATE 2: Watching a Press Conference now (4:15pm) According to MDPD Director John Loftus, the weapon used was a handgun. He refused to provide any details. Journalistic sails deflated. Loftus is obviously mad as hell and looks like he is 3 seconds away from beginning a general bichtslapping against journos. In his defense, every kind of stupid question has been asked and repeated over and over.