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But wait! I thought the police could ALWAYS protect us better than we could ourselves.

There's a reason why, when I used to deliver pizzas, I ALWAYS took along a "little surprise", company policy be damned. I didn't take an oath to die for Pizza Hut.

Truly a tragic, sad story, if the man was indeed the victim. There is no logical, sane reason why this man should not have had at least the option to protect himself, if his record was clean.