Sheriff's Deputy Killed 'Execution-Style' in Texas — Crazy Sheriff Blames 'Blacks Lives Matters'

A seemingly psychotic Texas sheriff blamed the Black Lives Matter movement  for the death of the deputy, claiming that the movement was responsible for “dangerous national rhetoric” regarding police. Instead of blaming the tension between citizens and police on police brutality and police shootings of unarmed civilians, the sheriff said: "This rhetoric has gotten out of control. We’ve heard ‘black lives matter,’ ‘all lives matter.’ Well, cops’ lives matter too. So why don’t we just drop the qualifier, and just say ‘lives matter,’ and take that to the bank.”

Harris County Sheriff Ron Hickman shamelessly exploited the murder of sheriff's deputy Darren Goforth for an attack on Black Lives Matter. He blamed the tension between citizens and police on activists instead of on police brutality and police murders of unarmed citizens as documented in numerous video recordings.—Ronald David Jackson

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Texas Sheriff’s Deputy Ambushed in ‘Execution-Style Killing,’ Manhunt Continues

By Elahe Izadi
A Texas sheriff’s deputy stopped to fill up his patrol car at a Harris County gas station Friday night when a man approached from behind and “literally shot him to death,” Harris County Sheriff Ron Hickman said.

Deputy Darren Goforth, 47, died after being shot several times in what Hickman described as “an unprovoked, execution-style killing of a police officer.” Goforth, a 10-year veteran of the force, is survived by a wife and two children, ages 5 and 12.

Deputy Darren Goforth.

The manhunt for the lone gunman stretched into Saturday afternoon as authorities pleaded for the public to provide any tips about the shooting. Investigators said they believed Hickman was targeted for his uniform and described the working motive as “absolute madness.”

But in speaking about the incident, authorities also referenced the broader national conversation regarding the relationship between law enforcement and they communities they police. Hickman said there was a “dangerous national rhetoric” regarding police.

“At any point where the rhetoric ramps up to the point where calculated, cold-blooded assassination of police officers happen — this rhetoric has gotten out of control,” Hickman said. “We’ve heard ‘black lives matter,’ ‘all lives matter.’ Well, cops’ lives matter too. So why don’t we just drop the qualifier, and just say ‘lives matter,’ and take that to the bank.”

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