- Feb 7, 2011
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A few thoughts came to mind as I was reading this:
1. This wouldn't have happened if they legalized marijuana already.
2. The police were completely justified in shooting at the guy considering he was pointing a weapon at them.
3. The police should have given paramedics access to him, and it's completely criminal that they didn't, but I don't think it would have made any difference considering he was hit with 60 bullets. There was no way he was going to recover from that, no matter how fast the paramedics got to him.
4. Man, what a tragedy. Not only is a completely innocent man dead, a patriot no less who served his country, but a bunch of cops are probably going to lose their jobs over this. There doesn't seem to be any kind of clear right or wrong here. After all, the guy was just defending his house, and the officers were just protecting themselves from what they thought was a viable threat. It is really bad though that paramedics weren't given access to the man, that's where my good will and sympathy toward the police ends on this matter. Mistakes happen, sometimes really bad mistakes happen for no reason, but the way they acted after the event is totally inexcusable.
1. This wouldn't have happened if they legalized marijuana already.
2. The police were completely justified in shooting at the guy considering he was pointing a weapon at them.
3. The police should have given paramedics access to him, and it's completely criminal that they didn't, but I don't think it would have made any difference considering he was hit with 60 bullets. There was no way he was going to recover from that, no matter how fast the paramedics got to him.
4. Man, what a tragedy. Not only is a completely innocent man dead, a patriot no less who served his country, but a bunch of cops are probably going to lose their jobs over this. There doesn't seem to be any kind of clear right or wrong here. After all, the guy was just defending his house, and the officers were just protecting themselves from what they thought was a viable threat. It is really bad though that paramedics weren't given access to the man, that's where my good will and sympathy toward the police ends on this matter. Mistakes happen, sometimes really bad mistakes happen for no reason, but the way they acted after the event is totally inexcusable.