THE DANGER OF THE JOB – AT 10:54 A.M. ET:   A police officer making a routine traffic stop has been murdered in Memphis.  From CNN:

(CNN) A manhunt is underway for a suspect who fatally shot a police officer during a traffic stop in Tennessee, authorities said Sunday.

Memphis Police Officer Sean Bolton, 33, was shot multiple times Saturday night by a person who was in the car he pulled over, police said.

The assailant remains at large, Memphis police spokeswoman Karen Rudolph said.

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A civilian used the officer's radio to notify police about the shooting, she said.

Bolton, who joined the force in October 2010, was taken to hospital in critical condition. He later died.

This is the third time a Memphis police officer has been killed in the past four years, Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong said.

"It doesn't get any easier. This is a very difficult time, not only for me as director, but for all the officers you see standing behind me," he told reporters early Sunday morning.

"And (it's) a difficult time for our city as well. So I ask that you give us the respect that we need ... and the space that we need to grieve, and the time that we need to prepare to lay our brother to rest."

COMMENT:  Let's see if our "news" media gives the same coverage to this as it does to alleged (and sometimes real) cases of police excess.  I'm not holding my breath. 

August 2,  2015