"When you jump a deputy, you can expect to die," Crowder said. "If you attack a deputy who is armed, particularly when it's more than one person, the logical assumable result of that is that the deputy will be disarmed. And chances are he will then be executed by the people who disarmed him. I don't expect them (deputies) to take that chance."
Crowder said Howard would have been justified in shooting anyone who was involved in the attack. "He was on the ground being kicked when he finally resorted to defending himself," Crowder said Sunday night at the scene near the Sears store.While I agree with this sentiment, too often the police fail to see how it could be applied to the average citizen's use of force in self-defense. There are way too many cases of the police failing to see that they would have behaved in the same way as an armed citizen, and enforce laws on "excessive force" against them when it would be better for the police to just quietly cover for the otherwise law-abiding citizen's actions.
I think this is why I couldn't be a cop in today's government. If I lived in a liberal jurisdiction that punished private citizens for shooting in cases like this, I would feel morally compelled to write up excuses for why it was in fact legally justified.
(I'm not making a judgment call on this particular police force, but rather I am making a point about law enforcement in general across the country since this attitude, at the very least, is pretty common in all jurisdictions.)
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Bingo. Fortunately or not, I do not need a gun. For me, the frightening thing is, I do not have a safety. Not that I go off by accident, it is just the idea. I live on that very thin edge. And, the older I get, the less sure I get, the more dangerous I am. Still, I would like to get my permit to carry. I think I can do three fighters, but more than that has always been... tenuous. And fist fighting is always risky, as even the worst fighter can accidentally hit the right spot and down you go. Plus, even if I end up avoiding being hit, my hands hurt every time now. One (hundred) too many fights, and certain parts become weak. Oh, add in enough floaters in my eyes to impress eye doctors. (this is not a brag, it is an self understanding)
Hey, but that article did offer me a little cheer. One less booger of a human and an officer who has been tested and found fit. Good, good, and then good night Lucile.
I would prefer to have a gun if for no other reason than it saves me the trouble of having to hurt my hands with punching...