While this happened Saturday, I just found out about it today. (As we were out of town.) This type of thing is exactly why I left DC; the senselessness of it all is deeply disturbing, and my sense of grace for the felon is small (if any). Certainly substance abuse was involved, but at some point--that is no excuse for wretched values. The officer just got back from 2 tours in Afghanistan; he was 30 years old, married, with 4 children.