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Old 06-25-2008, 08:04 AM   #7
Igottago
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Originally Posted by FLAMESRULE View Post
Dont do the crime if you cant do the time (in this case permanently). It was on the news last night saying he was swinging a metal stair (just the treaded part) at people and cars. Apparently he lost his job and his girlfriend within 2 weeks and was coping by doing drugs and drinking.

Call me cold hearted, but boo freaking hoo. Cops have a tough, tough, job and the last thing they need is getting a stair to the forehead. Unless you want to start getting shot, which last I checked has a higher death rate, Tasers are really the only current non-lethal method to subdue some nut job. Did he deserve to die, no clearly not. Did some of his decisions lead to his death, absolutely.
I think you're missing the main point....tasing is supposed to be non-lethal. Clearly its not. So to use it as a non-lethal form of dealing with someone is clearly a flawed strategy. It has nothing to do with how many cops died or what this guy was doing before it happened. Everyone knows a cops job is tough.
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