This is just another example of the great men and women we call police officers protecting and serving even when they’re off duty:
CBS CHICAGO – An off-duty Chicago Police sergeant fatally shot a man Sunday evening in the Mount Greenwood neighborhood after he watched the man shoot another person in a Southwest Side bar.
The sergeant watched the 45-year-old man shoot another male about 6:30 p.m. in a business near 111th Street and Spaulding Avenue, according police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Officers could be seen investigating inside Blackthorn Pub, at 3300 W. 111th St.
The sergeant pulled out his gun, identified himself as a police officer and ordered the shooter to drop his weapon, police said.
The man ignored the sergeant and instead pointed his weapon at patrons of the business and at the sergeant, authorities said. The sergeant then opened fire.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:49 p.m., the medical examiner’s office said. His name was not released Sunday night pending notification of his family.
These are the stories that need to be told as there is far, far more to celebrate with regard to our police force than there is to revile.