brother man

Why are y'all being one sided? To me it seems like y'all people are just sitting here blogging because you have nothing to do. Have any of you people read any formal reports about this situation. Have any of you people sat down, and heard the story from Alphonso or the police. I don't think so. So I cannot understand why anyone could have a opinion rather than bias. Everyone knows you cannot believe everything you hear or see through the media. The media has their own interests. One concern I have is that these incidents only occur in the ghetto or poverished neighborhoods. Your only concern should be to try and eliminate these occurances, you all have such broad opinions. You never can know how it feels until it hit home, trust me. If they can capture Saddam Hussein who has millions of people ready to kill for him. Or if they can capture serial killers this man, who may or may not have shot beacause, no one really knows but those who were there can stand fair trial. I don't know who was wrong or not but I will not put opinions up that's not based upon facts. In that case the only ignorant people are you

MeMe

Look I dont care what kind of crime Al Boogie committed the fact is his life was taking and how do you people know if he shoot at the police first...they lie just like the rest of us just because they're police dont make them not human...but i would really appreciate if you people wouldnt make negative comments whether Al Boogie committed the crime or not doesnt change the fact that he was loved dearly...think about it what if it was one of your loved ones...hurt doesnt it? REST IN PEACE AL BOOGIE WE LOVE YOU ALWAYS AND FOREVER!!!~Ya Homie Holding It Down In Charlotte

DOC

It's sad the young man lost his life on a bet the police wouldn't shot back or would miss! His family has my condolence. So far with the story the police done exactly what they were trained to do. And I might add they done it in a professional manner.

Lisa

I cant believe this you people have the nerve to say this man, my friend should have died.. You all are wrong.. Let him had been white it would be a different story.The chief of police cant even give a accurate account of what happened..until then i say find something else better to do with your time than to degrade someone life ( he was human)and he was loved by us allso please keep all the neg. comments out R.I.P AL BOOGIE and bump the SPD

Everyone

Speaking of nonsense... How is this a race issue? Any fool should know the danger of pointing a firearm at police. Any fool should also know that if you shoot at the police they are going to shoot back! Society is not cold hearted. What society lacks these days is RESPECT. Children need role models. The loss of life is sad but if he was my son, my brother, cousin, etc, I would be asking myself "what the hell were they thinking?"

Serve and Protect???

Six people who were someone's loving son,daughter,mother, father,brother,and sister,have been murdered in Greensboro and High Point since January 2008 by those who are paid to "serve and protect".The mother I am speaking of was shot in High Point by the cops while having a domestic fight with her husband.Her teenage son stood by helplessly watching, while she was gunned down.The 24 year old Iraq veteran that was gunned down a few weeks ago while holding a hockey stick during a domestic argument with his father, was shot three times in the chest.He said to the cops "what are you gonna do? Shoot me?" They did. I might add in these two cases the victims were white. The other 4 were black males and these are the modern day lynchings. For the boys in blue to get away with a killing, and they always do, as the outcome is always justifiable homicide,they many times "plant" a weapon on the scene because many times NO weapon was involved.My best friend's Grandfather was a retired cop and says that was a tactic always used to cover their asses.Killing black men rids society of those "less desirable" as lynchings did back in the days. Sad to say these victims' families, as well as this Salisbury family, will never receive any apologies, any answers, nor the closure they so desire. I know because I lived it. My two sons' father was murdered in Burlington NC over 4 years ago after being pulled over for a traffic violation. He was totally deaf and shot 4 times within 60 seconds of getting out of this car. This maniac cop was still on the force after killing another man in 1998. He is no longer. It is a hell no family should ever have to experience. We never received an apology nor any answers that made sense.Please don't be so quick to judge when you read of a "cop killing". Most of these homocides could have been prevented if cops were trained to deal with people in mental duress or those with a mental or physical disabilty.The young Iraq vet was suffering from post-traumatic syndrome. But sadly, most of these victims are seen as extinguishable because of the color of their skin. Educate yourself on the subject of police brutality and pray it never happens to someone you love.

JOE

SHA THE POLICE ARE TRAINED TO DEAL WITH THESE SITUATIONS. THE GENERAL STATUTES FOR USE OF DEADLY FORCE STATE DEADLY FORCE CAN BE USED TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE OR A THIRD PARTY IF DEADLY FORCE IS BEING USED AGAINST YOU OR TO STOP A PERSON TRYING TO ESCAPE CUSTODY BY USING DEADLY FORCE. THE SUSPECT COVERED BOTH AREAS VERY WELL. POLICE ARE TRAINED TO SHOOT TO STOP THE THREAT OF THE ACTION. YOU COULD HAVE BEEN HIS NEXT VICTIM. SHA, YOU AND SOME OF THESE OTHER PEOPLE MAKING COMMENTS ARE THE TYPE TO ALWAYS PUT OFFICERS DOWN UNLESS YOU NEED THEM. THE OFFICERS DID THEIR JOB, DEFEND LIFE AND PROPERTY EVEN THOUGH IT MEANT TAKING THE LIFE OF SOME PIECE OF SCUM THAT COULD ONLY HURT OTHERS TO MAKE HIS GAINS. HE MADE HIS CHOICE AND FACED THE COSEQUENCES. SO IF SHA OR ANY ONE ELSE WANTS TO KEEP MAKING THE NEGATIVE COMMENTS TOWARDS POLICE, PLEASE COME TAKE THE TRAINING WE DO AND COME OUT AND DO OUR JOB, SEE IF YOU COULD HACK IT. WE ARE THE MOST HATED RACE IN THE WORLD, BLUE! DON'T LIKE US? THEN NEXT TIME YOU NEED HELP CALL A CRACK HEAD.

Johny

My point is the lady that was robbed had a family. The officers that came to work to deal with low life people also have families. Yes he deserved it, he shot at them and they returned fire. If it would been his mother that was robbed how do you think he would have felt?

iconoblaster

I stand with the law. This guy broke the law. Hard cheese.

Sha

I can not believe what you people are saying. Although he did a crime he did not have no right to get shot down the way he did. he was one guy with four cops. They are trained for situations like this so there is no justification for what those cops did. And how dare you people say thank god nobody was hurt. EXCUSE ME!!!!!! But a man was killed. Better yet murdered!!! He had a family just like you did. Society had become so cold hearted just like the police!

Becky

There is no telling how many more people this criminal may have killed or injured before the police took him down. Thank You Salisbury Police for protecting the innocent.

Tynesia

The nerve of the people making these comments just disgusts me. FYI, someone was hurt, killed for that matter and a family now has to bury a loved one. To be so heartless as to look at the situation as one less prisoner to take care of is apalling! I advise each of you to read a what you write before posting it and maybe then you will see the nonsense and ignorance in your postings as I do. Had this man been any race other than black I am sure the postings would be more sympathetic.

paticakpaticak

AGAIN, only by the Grace of God were the officers not hurt or killed. Unfortunately, the perp's time ran out. You draw down on three Police Officers, you're gonna' get yourself killed. Point taken.

Staton

Thank goodness, no one was hurt.

Jan

Salisbury now has one less convicted felon to give three hots and a cot to while awaiting trial. And the District Attorney has one less docket entry to maintain and prosecute. Good job, Salisbury Police!