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cab67

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8. the point was to stop the immediate threat.

Reply to Silent Type (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 28, 2023, 08:28 PM

Mar 2023

Whether it deters future shootings was secondary in the minds of these officers. There were children in immediate peril, and their job was to neutralize it.

As always, I'd have preferred that the shooter had been taken alive. The shooter's actions made that impossible.

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Police share body cam footage of officers who fired on Nashville school shooter [View all] jgo Mar 2023 OP

Hate to see police storming through school halls, but maybe the coordinated and swift action Silent Type Mar 2023 #1

Can't imagine it deterring these "suicide-by-cop" types intrepidity Mar 2023 #2

It's probably more of a deterrent than Uvalde's police standing around. Silent Type Mar 2023 #3

the point was to stop the immediate threat. cab67 Mar 2023 #8

Beats police in Uvalde. That's the point. Silent Type Mar 2023 #9

Yes, it certainly contrasts 'protect and serve' v the cowadice at Uvalde. brush Mar 2023 #10

"Police share MAGA porn video". Fixed BamaRefugee Mar 2023 #4

Sadly, mzmolly Mar 2023 #5

And if they hadn't released it then AkFemDem Mar 2023 #6

They'd have to show the shooters mutilated body. Calista241 Mar 2023 #7