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To: CowboyConservative
My sympathy has to go to the officer who pulled the trigger

Yeah, the poor murderer. Sucks when you have to live with the consequences of your actions. Although us normal folk would also have to live with some prison time.

430 posted on 01/15/2008 4:51:27 PM PST by Nate505
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To: Nate505
Sir you are a little slow on the draw but let me explain my remarks so I hope you understand more of what I meant with that comment.

The police officer in question did not make the decision to use that kind of force, they were following orders no different than a person in the military. They probably have children who need their support just like many of us. We need to hold the people who make these decisions responsible then the poor individual who had to be there wouldn't’t be there in the first place! Everything about this is wrong and should never have happened.

Now my son is going on 27 years old have I told somebody no when they told me to do something I knew was wrong, HELL YES has it caused me problems yes it has but I could afford those problems. These people are conditioned as part of their training just like the military are, that mindset does not work in the civilian place!!

Lets put it this way. You as a police officer are under paid and most are even though you may be as honest as possible you are underpaid you have a chance for extra money on the swat team and in your heart believe you are doing the right thing because of the negative portrait of people on the liberal news media and you get a call and the whole way over somebody is pumping into your head dangerous drug bust with possible armed combatants inside, what would your mindset be? Would your adrenaline not be fairly pumped up? Would you be able to think rationally during the siege or reflect more humanly afterward when the situation calmed down? This is what that person has to live with, they followed orders and it took somebody’s life even though in regular duty that would not have happened.

That was my point, sorry I didn’t elaborate more in the first place.

431 posted on 01/15/2008 10:39:12 PM PST by CowboyConservative
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