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To: Ratman83
I'd love to hear the explanation for how he put the cops' lives in danger.

If the officers were not equipped with a Taser, what would have been their course of action, beat the man with night sticks (the Billy Ray Valentine option)? shoot him (assuming his dog was unavailable)? Send in a police dog? Let the man fight the fire until the fire dept arrived (no, that one is waaaaaaay over the top).

I wonder if there is a properly conducted study about the propensity of a LEO to over-react when a non-lethal-force tool (e.g. Taser) is available.

32 posted on 11/14/2012 7:34:22 AM PST by NonValueAdded ("Our president ... makes big speeches packed full of little ideas" Charles C. W. Cooke)
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To: NonValueAdded

The cops do not have to explain to us, lets be series.


34 posted on 11/14/2012 7:38:56 AM PST by Ratman83
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To: NonValueAdded

” I’d love to hear the explanation for how he put the cops’ lives in danger.”

If the homeowner had gotten into trouble, the officer’s lives would’ve been put in jeopardy when they had to rescue him.

Oh , wait a minute, nevermind...(I didn’t realize how silly that sounded).


47 posted on 11/14/2012 8:31:51 AM PST by moovova
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