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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
You are assuming that the police officer was in possession of the all the facts.

Any police officer that can't tell the difference between a pen and a knife from a few feet away doesn't belong on the force, simply on grounds of low IQ alone.

However, I would note that when the officer is not in possession of all the facts, that is the absolute worst time for him to be whipping out his sidearm and blasting away. Theoretically, use of the service pistol is supposed to be an absolute last resort, the kind of thing you do only once you have positive ascertained that a credible threat actually exists - not when you just see an object in somebody's hand that you haven't identified as a weapon - especially when the assailant is a one-armed man in a wheelchair. Don't they teach tactical sense at cop school anymore?

95 posted on 09/23/2012 5:17:17 PM PDT by Yashcheritsiy (You can wish in one hand and spit in the other and see which gets filled first.)
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To: Yashcheritsiy
well said! Baghdad Bob had more creditability than those defending this mutt... what he did is indefensible
96 posted on 09/23/2012 6:28:05 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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