[Centurion2000]

People need to learn to obey authority.

Local police in rural areas cannot afford tasers, bean-bag guns, etc

This has to be the most asinine statement on FR I have seen in a long time. As far as matching a gun to a rake, EVER HEARD OF A NIGHTSTICK ???? They're cheap enough for a rural police department to have a less than lethal force weapon at every cop's side.

And f$%^ the authorities on stuff like this if the cops are going to act the way this one did.

[Erik Latranyi]

"And f$%^ the authorities on stuff like this if the cops are going to act the way this one did. "

Yeah, trying to stop a moron from killing his wife after she got a restraining order is really stepping over the line.

Your mentality is what leads the police to act like jerks. Hope you don't have kids that will learn your respect for the law.