Criminal activity never ends well. If the incident with the cops hadn’t resulted in his death, he more than likely would have eventually died by the hand of someone else on the street.
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That logic just blows my mind. Smokers die from smoking, lets send the cops out and kill all the smokers, they’re going to die anyway while we’re at it lets go ahead and kill all the fat people they just get diabetes and and cost us a lot of money by raising our medical insurance rates and they are just going to die anyway.
I worked in the criminal justice field for 25 years. People's lifestyle choices definitely play a role in what happens to them. If you choose to be a criminal, and victimize others, don't be surprised when you're caught by the cops, or victimized yourself by another criminal. The greater number of illegal activities you participate in, increases your chances of something going wrong. People who associate with bad folk don't usually have good lives either. If you don't want to end up being a victim, don't participate in activities, or associate with people that could put you in the position of becoming one. The old saying, "If you lay down with dogs, you wake up with fleas" comes to mind.
Yes, people who smoke jeopardize their health. I know, because three of my family members died from lung cancer. Two other siblings died of heart attack and stroke. I'm the baby of the family, and the only one left, and I'm the only one that never smoked. That doesn't mean I won't get cancer of some sort down the road. I'm going to die of something one of these days, but I doubt it will be caused by the company I keep, or from any illegal activities.