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To: 101stAirborneVet

a pillow is an object designed to aid sleep. a pillow is in some circumstances also a deadly weapon because— hypothetically— you could use it against me to incapacitate or suffocate me.

somewhere, sometime, hypothetically, i am following you with a pillow to try to incapacitate you. hypothetically, i catch up to you, deploy the pillow for use, and we scuffle. hypothetically, you end up on top. hypothetically, you flee, without the pillow. hypothetically, you now have your back to me and are retreating from me. hypothetically, i draw a pistol and fire 8 rounds in your direction, striking you in the back.

hypothetically, i claim that you took a pillow from me and my life was threatened. next, hypothetically, a video surfaces indicating that you fled without my pillow and you had your back turned to me when i fired (from 15-30 feet away), striking you (fatally).

in your opinion: would i be (hypothetically) innocent or guilty of murdering you?

and now, back to reality: are you a cop? were you ever in LE?

if you are LE, i hope that you are not a cop in *my* neighborhood.

for your sake.

:-) :-)


702 posted on 04/13/2015 6:16:00 PM PDT by SteveH
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To: SteveH
I didn't say the taser was being wielded in any such way by Scott against the officer.

I merely stated that a taser is legally and generally considered a dangerous and deadly weapon in the hands of someone wielding it, in response to your statement that a taser is not a deadly weapon.

Indeed, a taser need not even be deadly, but merely dangerous to warrant deadly force.

So you can bite pillows all day, yes I was in law enforcement and no, you have no idea what you're talking about, including cutesy pillow-biting scenarios from your dreams.

706 posted on 04/13/2015 6:49:14 PM PDT by 101stAirborneVet
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