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In reply to the discussion: Police: Off-duty officer shot man who hit him in Costco [View all]rownesheck
(2,343 posts)3. Seems like it.
Guy shouldn't be a cop. Of course, the "blue line" dumbasses will be out in force defending his actions. "Police lives matter!" and all that garbage.
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Current cops receive "warrior" training run by private entities. They aren't getting this mentality
tblue37
Jun 2019
#17
I think there are some statistics that show ex military less likely to escalate
delisen
Jun 2019
#37
But again, I don't think stand your ground laws allow you to shoot relatives of your attacker.
LisaL
Jun 2019
#11
Well, cops are not typically great marksmen. They just spray bullets in the vicinity of a
tblue37
Jun 2019
#14
True--but we have innumerable reports of cops firing large numbers of bullets that go all over the
tblue37
Jun 2019
#40
"The media" is understaffed and barely has time to regurgitate police reports.
lostnfound
Jun 2019
#71
He killed a guy and almost killed two others because he was afraid of getting his ass kicked.
Iggo
Jun 2019
#45
He didn't need to shoot. This is california. It's not exactly Afghanistan or syria.
lindysalsagal
Jun 2019
#47
How is it a good shoot? One person reportedly attacked him, yet he shot three people.
LisaL
Jun 2019
#49
Its more likely that the officer had arrested, or had some other police related contact
Calista241
Jun 2019
#68