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Originally Posted by Ford Prefect
I'd say it was vigiantism ... the former marine was driving by and witnessed the incident. He didn't have to get out of his vehicle, pick up the service weapon and get personally involved in the affair. Since he chose to get involved rather than just driving by and calling 911, doesn't that make it vigilantism? He decided to take things into his own hands.
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So you'd leave the scene and call the cops while someone who just got shot was laying there dieing on the ground?
It also mentioned that the guy used the police radio to call for help. Maybe he didn't have a cell phone?
Would you risk leaving someone who just got shot, and might be still alive to run to the nearest pay phone? Which could be god knows how many miles away?
From my perspective he did everything he could to a) try to save the officer's life, and b) prevent himself from getting killed.
If I drove by the scene and then watched the man put 2 more bullets in his head to finish him off, I don't think I'd be able to live with that on my head.