[SarahW]

The point being, they knew the PERP had a gun.

They could have stopped, arrested, and sent the guy to jail for YEARS on that alone. Why they felt thought a harder crime with possible deadly consequences for the clerk was in the interest of public safety I cannot fathom.

[marajade]

"They could have stopped, arrested, and sent the guy to jail for YEARS on that alone."

We've addressed this already in this thread... You're right, but with armed robbery he'd be sent away for an even longer time...

You never answered my question about being sworn law enforcement...