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His parents said he just needed to sleep. A SWAT team came instead.
The Boston Globe ^
| 7/16/17
| Jenna Russell
Posted on 07/16/2017 11:33:33 AM PDT by Pontiac
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Think twice or maybe three times before you call the police with a family problem.
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posted on
07/16/2017 11:33:33 AM PDT
by
Pontiac
To: Pontiac
Then the van door opened. The Hingham police chief stepped in. They had found Austin; he had shot himself, he told them. As Austins mother screamed, the chief offered to call friends or clergy. The couple asked instead to have their sons dog, his loyal friend, with them.No, the chief said, according to the couple we cant bring a dog in here; its against protocol.
This is a sad story that shows just how clueless the police can be.
They are a bunch of script kiddies that get out their protocol books and follow them to the end
And I guess you cant blame them. If they dont and something bad happens they will be burned at the stake. Follow protocol and their a$$ is covered. (Sorry folks, S**t happens).
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posted on
07/16/2017 11:41:59 AM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
To: Pontiac
Think twice or maybe three times before you call the police with a family problem. From the full article, it was the former girlfriend rather than the family who initially called the police and told them he had a gun.
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posted on
07/16/2017 11:50:53 AM PDT
by
Bob
(Damn, the democrats haven't been this upset since Republicans freed their slaves.)
To: Pontiac
Never call the police on anybody or anything that you wouldn’t want them to kill.
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posted on
07/16/2017 12:14:10 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Some people consider government to be a necessary evil, others their personal Ponzi scheme.)
To: Bob
Dont back me into a corner, his father remembers Austin saying. Because Ill make it go away in four seconds. To Russell Reeves [the father], the meaning was clear Austin would hurt himself if he wasnt left in peace. Stunned and afraid, Reeves [the father] dialed the Hingham police just after 10 p.m. to ask for help.I'm confused. Mr. Reeves says he believed his son should be left alone, or he would "hurt himself," but Mr. Reeves called the police. It sounds as if Mr. Reeves really believed that Austin might hurt somebody else (the ex-girlfriend?) if he were left alone.
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posted on
07/16/2017 12:15:27 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(I know what I'm about.)
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To: Bob
The girlfriend made the first call the father made a second.
Dont back me into a corner, his father remembers Austin saying. Because Ill make it go away in four seconds. To Russell Reeves, the meaning was clear Austin would hurt himself if he wasnt left in peace. Stunned and afraid, Reeves dialed the Hingham police just after 10 p.m. to ask for help
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posted on
07/16/2017 12:17:01 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
To: Pontiac
“””This is a sad story that shows just how clueless the police can be.”””
They are NOT clueless. They are trained bureaucrat automaton union led quasi military. Incapable, if fully prohibited, to think for themselves. And, they like it that way.
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posted on
07/16/2017 12:24:58 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
To: Pontiac
Another snowflake unable to deal with reality in today’s society.
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posted on
07/16/2017 12:25:12 PM PDT
by
AlaskaErik
(I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
To: Pontiac
The only surprise is that the police didn’t shoot the dog.
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posted on
07/16/2017 12:27:07 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Pontiac
No, the chief said, according to the couple we cant bring a dog in here; its against protocol.
Isn’t proper police protocol to shoot the dog, no matter what else is going on?
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posted on
07/16/2017 12:28:26 PM PDT
by
samtheman
(As an oil exporter, why would the Russians prefer Trump to Hillary? (Get it or be stupid.))
To: Pontiac
Thanks. I missed that the father had called as well.
It’s still unclear to me exactly who first brought up his having a gun - former girlfriend? father? police? The article doesn’t specifically say. (While the police appear to have asked, that may have been prompted by the gf or the father.)
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posted on
07/16/2017 12:29:56 PM PDT
by
Bob
(Damn, the democrats haven't been this upset since Republicans freed their slaves.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum; doorgunner69
Never call the police on anybody or anything that you wouldnt want them to kill. Well of course modern police are trained to deal with threats.
When the father told the first responder what his son had said to him the officer understood that a threat had been made on the fathers life. The father had understood a threat of suicide.
Either understanding guaranteed a larger police response but the threat to the father guaranteed a SWAT response.
Thanks to the War On Drugs and Bill Clinton our Peace Officers have be turned in to a paramilitary organization that sees every situation as threat requiring overwhelming force.
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posted on
07/16/2017 12:32:03 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
To: Pontiac
This is what happens when people come to accept government killing citizens for no good reason as a normal thing.
To: Pontiac
Cop h8ters showing up in droves. The usual suspects. Yawn.
CC
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posted on
07/16/2017 12:34:54 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(Veni, vidi, Vomui- I came, I saw, I hurled.)
To: AlaskaErik
Another snowflake unable to deal with reality in todays society. Young men have killed themselves over lost love since there has been love.
The issue here is; would this young man have gotten past it alive had the police not forced the issue.
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posted on
07/16/2017 12:37:33 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
To: DuncanWaring
Go find your valium asap..
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posted on
07/16/2017 12:42:57 PM PDT
by
samantha
(keep up the fight..)
To: Pontiac
this could just as easily have been handled by one or two men but we are in an age where every cop on the force has to show up no matter what the case just so they can say "I was there." and get a little blood on their spear...
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posted on
07/16/2017 12:46:09 PM PDT
by
Chode
(You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
To: Celtic Conservative
Yeah I’m a little shocked at some comments. Fact 1. Girlfriend and father called police. Fact 2. He had a gun. Fact 3. Threatened suicide. Assumption 1. Threatened father.
Who in their right mind would think the police would say “ok, we’ll let him get some sleep and check back in the morning? Is this freerepublic or a redirect?
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posted on
07/16/2017 12:49:34 PM PDT
by
enduserindy
( I always smile when my competition doubles down on stupid.)
To: Pontiac
Better to call your clergy...if you have any.
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posted on
07/16/2017 12:53:09 PM PDT
by
kanawa
(Trump Loves a Great Deal)
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