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To: Pollster1
"Even when the intended victim is as reprehensible as that anti-freedom man-child, this sort of stunt should be prosecuted as attempted murder."

One can only conceive of this as being "attempted murder" because the police are so far out of control. They are shooting people just answering the door. They are shooting people holding cell phones and tv remote controls. They are shooting people who are maybe just pulling their pants up. Shooting homeowners investigating a noise in their drive way. They are shooting people because THEY feel threatened not because of any credible threat. They are shooting people because they thought the person had a gun. They are shooting people because they used expletives shouting a command and did not get immediate compliance. Do I need to go on?

We are way past time to start banning SWAT teams. They are an absolute menace to society.

43 posted on 06/05/2018 9:53:29 AM PDT by precisionshootist
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To: precisionshootist
We are way past time to start banning SWAT teams. They are an absolute menace to society.

I'm guessing that you're a shooter (not a big stretch for "precisionshootist"). I know SWAT members and see them at the range, and I'm surprised you don't meet them at the range too. Most are normal, good, decent people. It's only a small fraction who are a menace to society. Even a fraction is too many, but those individuals would still be a menace even if they were regular police. It's problem individuals who are a threat, not the unit they belong to.

45 posted on 06/05/2018 10:09:44 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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