markdi
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may be police agencys should re think their double - tripple tap policy
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10750040/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10750040/
markdi said:may be police agencys should re think their double - tripple tap policy
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10750040/
Good point. I heard that an "unarmed" person on something like PCP has superhuman strength and extremely fast reflexes. In short, they might as well be armed. Regardless, an officer must make a snap judgement about what does and does not represent a threat. Get it wrong and they may not come home again. Sometimes they kill an innocent person by mistake but I suppose that's the price you pay. I'm tired of seeing the police castigated by the media every time they do things like shoot some kid holding what is later determined to be a fake gun. Fact is the police don't have the luxury of assuming that a threat which looks life-threatening may not be. If I were an officer in this situation I'd have done the exact same thing, probably even aiming for the head if I was close enough to ensure hitting the target, and I'd shoot a 5-year old pointing anything looking like a real gun at me in a heartbeat as well. As James S pointed out, if you're stupid enough to do something that an officer perceives as life-threatening, then don't expect to live too long.Glass said:Illegal drugs like PCP and meth do exist and some people go nuts after choosing to use it. Now should I let some guy beat me to death just because he is unarmed? The courts (via case law) have said repeatedly that I do not.
I might offer a solution here. If these politicians insist on catering to the idiots who insist that the police should fire to maim, then perhaps just pull the police out of these neighborhoods entirely rather than force them to act in such a manner as to endanger their own lives. After that fence off the neighborhood to keep all the garbage in, and let them all kill other with impunity. When it's all done, send some developers to turn the formerly depressed neighborhood into a decent place to live. As a bonus the state will save on jail plus court costs for all the thugs, and welfare for all the poor who get killed in the cross fire. It's as good a solution as any I've heard from the mouths of some of these brain-dead politicians.James S said:Take my own local police department who are so concerned about insulting the sensibilities of the poorer members of this city (after all they are poor because the system has failed them and they are so downtrodden and oppressed by those of us that actually hold down jobs that a certain amount of criminal and violent behavior is natural and not to be punished too severely) that the badguys have found themselves free to shoot innocent people on the streets and kill them and have the chief of police defend them on TV. Thats obviously a situation that needs adjusting.
I might offer a solution here. If these politicians insist on catering to the idiots who insist that the police should fire to maim, then perhaps just pull the police out of these neighborhoods entirely rather than force them to act in such a manner as to endanger their own lives. After that fence off the neighborhood to keep all the garbage in, and let them all kill other with impunity. When it's all done, send some developers to turn the formerly depressed neighborhood into a decent place to live. As a bonus the state will save on jail plus court costs for all the thugs, and welfare for all the poor who get killed in the cross fire. It's as good a solution as any I've heard from the mouths of some of these brain-dead politicians.
Wolfen said:A young man is fighting for his life. With all due respect for the members here can we knock off the Monday morning quarterbacking?
Glass said:What if ...................................? What if ............................
Glass said:I love this state but it is one of the most "hug-a-thug" states out there.