John C. Drake, the son of Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake, has been identified as a suspect in the shooting of two La Vergne police officers outside of a Dollar General in Tennessee. WSMV reports.
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#Nashville #Crime #Guns
What they see is what they do bank on it.
Son of cop 👮♀️ is a cop killer. You can’t make this stuff up
BLM will get bogus dropped, racist police be profiling
Must be locked for life , attempted murder on officer must even carry the death sentence
the usual black male suspect and the chief distance himself right away from his “estranged” son… this is why his son never got proper parenting
Bet the Chief won’t face time like those other parents of shooters
John out here busting nuts in some strange 38 years ago
He’s got two charges of attempted murder so he ain’t gonna go peacefully. He’s probably going to end up in a body bag.
Nashville implemented a Social Justice System, & Soft on Crime, & releases Criminals back on the streets. Drake Jr., should have been in jail, & not on the street.
The woman they interviewed is such a kind soul.
Wait what? A black man not in his son’s life? Shocking
Your name is christopher. You’ve already failed at life.
@Eazy Duz-itwhat a lame comeback, wow 😂
Oh look typical suspect
Gun freaks. Morons, psycopaths. It’s not complicated, Republicans are dumb, that’s all this ever is.
He’s black tho 😂
In the balls? That’s low.
Black Lives Matter ✊🏿
Bad dad.
It’s funny the media tries to trash the man who had nothing to do nice job dragging dad thru the mud and embarrassing him more than his soon already has.
Black male suspect, black shirt. Does the description ever change or do they just cut and paste?
heartbreak all around Lord Have Mercy
Bad parenting
Wow..!! 😳😳 in the 55 years of seeing all the evil in this world I have yet to have ever seen or heard of a police chief’s own son a hardcore Criminal 🤔🤕.. I’m assuming the police chief was not a very strong presence in this boy’s upbringing and likely was raised by a single mom..😮😮😮.. (I’m assuming )
Lol sometimes having a cop as a parent makes a kid rebel , i remember in school some kid would sell weed, pretty much anything he could but I knew him since elementary school an his dad was a cop
La Vergne PD is on a streak of making it on national news. First, they had a wh0r€ banging everyone in the department. Now this! 😂
Can we finally blame the mothers?
The usual suspect.
Try covering that up. Smf
Always the same criminals.
The usual 13%.
Can you just imagine how devastating this is to the father ? Not only personally, but professionally.
it prob wouldn’t be so devastating(still would be extremely bad) if it wasn’t the police chiefs son that shot cops. like that just makes the chief look bad which then makes the police force look bad. its just out right terrible this happened overall
sun culture at its finest
Of course liberal and democrat voter
Dat boi a menace to society…
Why do police respond so heavy to police getting shot, but take their time any other day???!!
its the same as a chef responding to one of his coworkers suffocating compared to respond to a customer choking. people will go harder to help or save people that they know, whether it be a family members, co worker, or good friend.
This would make a fire episode of Law and Order
I’d bet a bill that the kid posted anti american, leftist articles about defunding the police.
So you wanna be a cop !!!
Imagine working for a guy who’s son shot ya. I feel like that is a bit of a conflict right there
Because committing crimes in his father’s jurisdiction is in no way a cry for help and attention.
Poor guy. Not a cop fan, but this just sucks. Keep your head up, Chief.
the fact that he’s the police chief just hits even harder i feel… and the fact his son shot at cops. at least he didn’t back up his son or anything but man this just sucks for the chief
That’s a tough one for the cops to cover up.
Parenting support is still needed after a child becomes “an adult” @ 18, but their reprecussions & consequences are of their own making….good or bad.
Way too late by the time the kids 18…. The parents split up when the kid was less than a year old. THATS the story
Awful, for everyone. Praying for all.
Bwaaahaaaaaaa
Monkey see monkey do. Following a cops footsteps except with no immunity.
“Estranged son”? Was the father in the kids life??
I wonder just how many horrible experiences this guy had with cops before this.
How many times has this chief covered up for his son? I’d bet the over.
the differences between criminals and law-abiding citizens can even tear father and son apart, so sad
NBC is such trash i cant believe a word they say. Even if there’s a grain of truth.. you can bet there’s a lot more to the story
Surprised?
Man… Used to work a few minutes from there. Lots of good people around there. Prayers for you folks
I just new it!
The usual suspects
Ftp
How horrifying! My sincerest sympathy to this man and his family. 🙏🏼
MAD PEOPLE ACTIONS
When your child is an adult they are on their own. They make their own decisions. Parents are not responsible for their adult child.
Parents are 100% responsible unless there’s mental illness involved. What’s the kid supposed to do raise himself?
It’s a reason he turned to crime . He found out that his father was a sellout and hid a Lot of murders and a lot of crimes that other officers committed, and he turned his head so his son no respect for his father anymore and the system of law-enforcement. Wake up America wake up there are two sides of the story ALWAYS!
Like father like son.
Black lives matter 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Unfortunately, you will have some officers who will look at the chief differently.
The USUAL suspect!
The ghetto prison rap NBA NFL BET culture behavior syndrome. A serious malady that will destroy this nation righr along with the historic lawlessness known as illegal immigration…
Wow. Nice dad. Turning your back on your own son, no matter his past mistakes, and throwing him under the bus for the blue line gang. It’s not difficult to see why he wanted nothing to do with his dad.
….. dang you are just messed up in the head
A 21st century McCarthy..
He’s dead now
All Respect for folks is gone 😮😢
I really hate that this happened. But, for all of the racist rhetoric about Black parents being trashy parents. Finally you get to see that some kids come from good families and for some reason. They turn into criminals. No, his daddy’s name isn’t Pookie and he ain’t in jail.
HE RUNS THE JAIL !!!!!
Wrong! The child was abandoned at 2 years of age by his father.
😂
Black lives matter
Whoa, I…I…just can’t believe it. Shocker.
even the police chief son is a usual suspects..I can’t even make this stuff up …typical thug…right in the typical thug FBI stats🤢🤮
Maybe before he becomes chief of police John Drake should get control of his own household
Oh well
Basically the police spent hours violating people’s rights😡
😂
I give his father so much credit it’s still his son
It’s hard when you’re own child doesn’t do the right thing
I have a daughter who stole my car, crashed it, then still move the car and when I tried to ground her, she told me F U, and I backhanded her and I went to jail for the night and it does hurt you still love them you don’t like what they do but still love them.
He feared for his life ✌🙏🏿
What a tragic feeling for a parent.
a father having minimal contact with his son isn’t good stuff