(September 24, 2020 at 7:51 am)Brian37 Wrote:(September 24, 2020 at 4:34 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: Money is also at the root of most of our accomplishments in science, Technology, productivity, and material well-being since the Iron Age. Let’s not Forget that.
If two officers genuinely mistakenly believed a innocent person Imminently threatened both their lives. One shot the innocent person dead, the other fired randomly to scare the innocent person but hit a school bus instead.
I can see why under this circumstance the cop who shot the innocent person dead is less culpable the cop who shot a school bus even if no one in the school bus was killed.
The cop who killed the innocent person did a thing that was justifiable within the Genuine mistaken perception of the situation.
The cop who shot the school bus did a thing that was reckless even within the genuine mistaken perception of the situation.
No no no no no........
The warrant was based on bad info.......... The boyfriend shot, because he didn't know who was at the door.
There is no excuse for anyone to die.
Yeah - you are all about excuses - ain't ya???
It's always somebody else's fault.
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If you got out in the real world someday you might learn that sometimes shit just fucking happens. Bad shit. It just happens.
Yes - the guy had the right to open fire at somebody breaking down his door at night.
Yes - the cops have the right (in fact - the duty) to do whatever it takes to stop that - including returning fire.
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Bad shit does happen.
