Where do you stand on this topic that is being debated in Dallas?

[Maikeru-sama]

Probably the most talked about story in Dallas right now is the shooting that occurred in the City of Lancaster, which is just south of Dallas. The reason why it is a major topic is because the Police Chief of Dallas' son is the one who committed the double homicide.

The Dallas Mourning News has the best article that describes everything but we can't post their articles here anymore.

Here is a video:
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Here is an article from AOL:

(June 21) -- A Father's Day shootout at an apartment complex in Texas left three people dead, including the adult son of the Dallas police chief and a police officer.

Police responded to a report of a domestic disturbance around 6 p.m. Sunday at an apartment complex in Lancaster, a suburb of Dallas. When they arrived, gunshots rang out, prompting a shootout between suspects and police. When the flurry of bullets ended, David O'Neal Brown Jr., 27, the son of Dallas Police Chief David Brown, was dead. So was a Lancaster police officer, a 37-year-old father of two whose name has not yet been released.

"Officers responded to the apartment complex and started looking for the shooter," Kim Leach, a Dallas County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman, told The Dallas Morning News. "At the time, the suspect turned and shot one of the officers, killing him. Another officer returned fired at the suspect and shot and killed him.

First Assistant Chief Charlie Cato announced the death of Brown's son during a news conference in Dallas.

"Chief Brown is with his family this evening, and we ask that you respect his privacy at this difficult time," Cato said. "As Chief Brown mourns the loss of his son, he also mourns the loss of the fallen Lancaster police officer who has served his community with honor for many years."

It's not known yet whether Brown was involved in the shooting or was killed in the first round of gunshots.

The third person killed was identified as Jeremy Jontae McMillan, 23.

Lancaster Police Chief Keith Humphrey said the slain officer was a five-year veteran.
"We're heartbroken, and his family is devastated," Humphrey told The Associated Press. "[He was] one of the best people, one of the top officers in the department. Very caring, very giving, selfless, hard worker."

According to The Dallas Morning News, Brown Jr. was arrested in 2003 on suspicion of selling marijuana and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. In an interview with the paper earlier this year, Chief Brown said his son was making progress and that he was proud of him.

"I'm much more impressed when you make mistakes, how you respond to it," Brown said. "It speaks to the kind of man he is. He continued his education. He's gainfully employed in spite of some of the mistakes that he's made."

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[Maikeru-sama]

My question to you all is this, do you think Police Chief Brown should offer his resignation?

As the Police Chief, if your son, who has had a troubled past, kills two people, one of them being a Police Officer, do you think he/she has a duty to the City to resign?

At this time, I tend to agree with those that say it may be best if Police Chief Brown resigns. I understand that his son is an adult and you cannot be responsible for your adult children, but since one of the people he killed was a Lancaster cop, which Lancaster is Dallas County (even though Chief Brown has no jurisdiction there), I just think the cops in Dallas will look at him a little differently.

Thoughts?

 

[hairic]

Can't say, as I have no knowledge of Dallas politics.

Looks like it's not an elected position, so it comes down to the pressure from whomever appoints him, and/or whomever appoints the appointer, and how soon the next elections are and whether his name will still be fresh in the minds of people who can't keep track of events past a few days, like me.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Did he commit the murders? Was he knowledgeable of anything that makes him guilty in any way? If the answer is no, then the answer is no.

Anyhow, this is a political discussion therefore a "no, no" to discuss here on CZ.

 

[Maikeru-sama]

I don't think this has anything to do with politics.

Mods, if you feel otherwise, feel free to delete.

 

[Zaxor]

my answer is no he should not...we can't start holding the father responsible for the sins of the son or vice versa...now if he had any knowledge that the crime was about to occur or that he was negligent than that is another story all onto itself..but guilt lies right now with the son not the father

 

[CowboyWay]

my answer is no he should not...we can't start holding the father responsible for the sins of the son or vice versa...now if he had any knowledge that the crime was about to occur or that he was negligent than that is another story all onto itself..but guilt lies right now with the son not the father

No way should he step down. What for? He's not responsible for his idiot son.

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

Poor guy may have to step down from emotional trauma.

 

[dropshot001]

as long as he had no prior knowledge of what his adult son was going to do, then i would say that he shouldn't step down. the key thing is that his son was an adult, not a minor when he did this.