Why does Joe Swanson scream so much?

Joe Swanson was a super cop until he suffered an on the job accident while tracking some criminals, severing his spine and rendering him paraplegic. He is an over-aggressive with alcoholic and abusive tendencies lingering close under the surface. He remains an active police officer as well as one of four of Peter Griffins closest circle of friends.

Joe Swanson is Peter's handicapable, suoer macho friend and neighbor on Family Guy. Joe is voiced by the always fantastic Patrick Warburton.
Joe is married to the constantly pregnant Bonnie until she eventually popped out Susie. His son, Kevin, was killed in Iraq.


Real Life Joe Swanson
Mr. Joe Swanson has been President of Rorke Data, Inc. since March 2008. Mr. Swanson is responsible for Rorke Data, Inc. worldwide, as well as heading up sales of its flagship product, the Galaxy line of RAID, NAS and storage server products. He is a leader in selling SAN, RAID, Fibre Channel and other enterprise products and services into the broadcast, medical imaging and digital publishing channels. He joined Bell Micro in May 2000 as part of its acquisition of Rorke ... Data in 2000. Mr. Swanson has more than 25 years of storage industry experience. He joined Rorke Data, Inc., in 1986. He served as Vice President of Sales of Rorke Data since 1986 until 2003 and also served as its Vice President and General Manager. Mr. Swanson worked in national sales at Control Data Corporation for six years. Mr. Swanson is a graduate of The University of St. Thomas, where he received a BA degree in Business Administration.