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Parkland Officer’s Hesitation To Stop Shooting Fits A Pattern Of Police Cowardice
The Federalist ^
| 2/23/18
| Michael Graham
Posted on 02/23/2018 5:52:00 AM PST by Sopater
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This is why we need to be able to defend ourselves with whatever force we can bring,
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posted on
02/23/2018 5:52:00 AM PST
by
Sopater
To: Sopater
Organizational Failure - bump for later...
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posted on
02/23/2018 5:54:40 AM PST
by
indthkr
To: Sopater
The school job is certain political reward for services rendered to the political machine running the broward county Utopia
Kumbaya kills kids
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posted on
02/23/2018 5:54:41 AM PST
by
Thibodeaux
(The FISA judge is corrupt)
To: Sopater
Police officers don’t want to act if they shoot a suspect and are left out to hang to dry by their brass.
Its just politically correct and safer to do nothing.
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posted on
02/23/2018 5:55:06 AM PST
by
goldstategop
((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Forever))
To: Sopater
This has got me thinking...A coward, but because he was afraid for his own skin? Or afraid of lawsuits? An expression has been coined: Stay Fetal. Was his cowardice a character flaw? Or policy?
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posted on
02/23/2018 5:55:24 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
To: Sopater
Any teacher who wants to carry should be allowed to after proper training. Maybe they could be deputized for in-school purposes.
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posted on
02/23/2018 5:58:31 AM PST
by
libertylover
(Kurt Schlicter: "They wonder why they got Trump. They are why they got Trump")
To: mewzilla
A coward, but because he was afraid for his own skin? Or afraid of lawsuits?
When he has agreed to take a position as a protector, who is used as justification for disarming EVERYONE ELSE who comes to that place, which of those excuses, singularly or all together, are sufficient for shirking your duty and allowing a massacre to go unchallenged?
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posted on
02/23/2018 5:59:31 AM PST
by
Sopater
(Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? - Matthew 20:15a)
To: Sopater
The heroes were a coach and a couple ROTC kids who were not armed. A badge and a gun does not a hero make in the real world.
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posted on
02/23/2018 6:00:37 AM PST
by
Spok
("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho))
To: Sopater
If it’s a character flaw, then it’s down to one bad hire. If Stay Fetal is district and county policy, then the problem is systemic and blaming one guy won’t solve it. The policy needs to change.
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posted on
02/23/2018 6:02:14 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
To: Sopater
I pray every morning that I never have to draw my concealed weapons. And, I pray, that if I do, I have the courage to use them!
That said, this officer is sworn to uphold law and to PROTECT and serve!
To: Sopater
The best defense against this slaughter is to train and vet teachers and administrators who are on the inside of the building when the slaughter starts with a secretly concealed carry weapon.
To: Spok
Back when that guy went into the texas tower and started shooting people the Texas police and a civilian worked their way up to the top and killed him. Guess cops back then were different.
To: Sopater
while students were being shot inside, he “took a defensive position outside”
hmmmm.... In other words he ran and hid.
I am glad this guy quit.
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posted on
02/23/2018 6:11:06 AM PST
by
Mr. K
(No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
To: Sopater
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posted on
02/23/2018 6:13:14 AM PST
by
piroque
("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
To: mewzilla
I was thinking that same thing. I guess he’ll have a lot of time to figure that out, regardless, his name will forever be linked to cowardice, not institutionalized dysfunction.
I have recently retooled my career to become a nurse (another profession which is placed high on a pedestal) and I find it amazing to watch how decisions are made. No good deed goes unpunished.
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posted on
02/23/2018 6:15:10 AM PST
by
incredulous joe
("No road is too long with good company" Turkish Proverb)
To: Yorlik803
Heroes are where you find them. Google “Rodger Wilton Young”,
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posted on
02/23/2018 6:16:21 AM PST
by
Spok
("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho))
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To: Road Warrior ‘04
I pray every morning that I never have to draw my concealed weapons. And, I pray, that if I do, I have the courage to use them!
That said, this officer is sworn to uphold law and to PROTECT and serve!
Agreed. Those who choose to carry concealed for the protection of themselves have the liberty of choosing whether or not to engage a violent threat. When others are depending on you, that liberty diminishes and you now have a duty and responsibility to do what you have to do, even if you would rather not.
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posted on
02/23/2018 6:18:24 AM PST
by
Sopater
(Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? - Matthew 20:15a)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
No doubt this man is representative of the people who hired him.
No doubt.
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posted on
02/23/2018 6:19:51 AM PST
by
Sopater
(Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? - Matthew 20:15a)
To: incredulous joe
Meanwhile, ironically he has police protection guarding him and his family. Will THEY take a bullet for him?
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posted on
02/23/2018 6:23:14 AM PST
by
GnuThere
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