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CO: Armed Civilians Complicate Cops' Job By Getting in the Way
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Armed citizens "absolutely" distracted police by drawing guns during the Colorado Walmart shooting on Wednesday night that left three dead, police said—the latest example of law enforcement struggling to deal with armed civilians in the middle of a crisis.
In the midst of the Colorado manhunt, police officers wasted precious minutes poring over surveillance footage, becoming frequently distracted because the tape showed several armed people whose movements needed to be tracked before cops could rule out each as a suspect, reported The Denver Post. |
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MarkHamTownsend
(11/4/2017)
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Geee, I wish cops' jobs were easy, 'cause I like doughnuts!
Sorry about the snark. Yea, cops have a tough jobs. I don't think I'd like doing it, and I respect those who do put on the blue and protect & serve. But I was taught back in the Jurassic Period that the only way for cops to have it simple was in a police state.....we give up our rights, our freedoms, and gain security. You know what happens then? Freedom is messy. Sorry. Put on your big-boy pants and buck up and BE FREE! |
Comment by:
PHORTO
(11/4/2017)
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It isn't our responsibility to make cops' jobs easier.
Will we, if we can? ABSOLUTELY.
But our right to defend ourselves supersedes the cops' job being "easier".
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I do believe that where there is a choice only between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son asked me what he should have done had he been present when I was almost fatally assaulted in 1908 [by an Indian extremist opposed to Gandhi's agreement with Smuts], whether he should have run away and seen me killed or whether he should have used his physical force which he could and wanted to use, and defend me, I told him it was his duty to defend me even by using violence. Hence it was that I took part in the Boer War, the so-called Zulu Rebellion and [World War I]. Hence also do I advocate training in arms for those who believe in the method of violence. I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honor than that she should in a cowardly manner become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonor. — Mohandas K. Gandhi, Young India, August 11, 1920 from Fischer, Louis ed.,The Essential Gandhi, 1962 |
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