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43. To Serve and to Protect..

Reply to christx30 (Reply #19)

Fri Feb 23, 2018, 10:46 PM

Feb 2018

What bullshit it is to say they are just there to gather evidence.

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Deputies are guarding the home of the Parkland school shooting officer [View all] ansible Feb 2018 OP

Hard to say whether Peterson should have rushed in guns ablazing without visuals of what was happeni Hoyt Feb 2018 #1

He's a cop. He had a gun. He had a duty. ansible Feb 2018 #2

Yeah - we can be human, compassionate AND acknowledge the reality Cosmocat Feb 2018 #4

IMO he would have been committing suicide CozyMystery Feb 2018 #28

+1, people think this is the movies !!! uponit7771 Feb 2018 #44

Lots of folks failed- FBI, local police, Cruz's father, folks who support lax gun laws, law makers, Hoyt Feb 2018 #6

Kinda hard for Cruz's father to fail from the grave obamanut2012 Feb 2018 #9

Didn't have room for "adoptive" father who was a gunner and said he was fine with his "son" Hoyt Feb 2018 #10

His adoptive father was dead too Farmer-Rick Feb 2018 #34

You are so wrong you should be ashamed obamanut2012 Feb 2018 #8

Why should the poster be ashamed? Devil Child Feb 2018 #41

A cop's job is to do a forensic review christx30 Feb 2018 #19

To Serve and to Protect.. denbot Feb 2018 #43

True "die playing Rambo" isn't part of serving and protecting. Bringing a gun to a rifle uponit7771 Feb 2018 #45

So, then customerserviceguy Feb 2018 #58

To serve and protect society at large. christx30 Feb 2018 #50

Keep moving the goal post.. denbot Feb 2018 #51

What goal post? It's a we'll know fact christx30 Feb 2018 #55

Cops do not have to protect NewDem17 Feb 2018 #54

Cops arent Infantry DashOneBravo Feb 2018 #53

Good guys with guns are everywhere and clearly not enough IronLionZion Feb 2018 #3

CNN reported that there were 3 other deputies DeminPennswoods Feb 2018 #49

A teacher died protecting students HopeAgain Feb 2018 #5

That has no bearing on the cop's behavior and choice. CozyMystery Feb 2018 #31

Nope, just on his character. HopeAgain Feb 2018 #35

Bingo customerserviceguy Feb 2018 #59

Sorry, I live here, and I can't blame him obamanut2012 Feb 2018 #7

+1. LOL. I know, it's hard defending police nowadays. Hoyt Feb 2018 #15

Really? atreides1 Feb 2018 #17

Imagine a scene like that ... and remember this is not a movie. nt CozyMystery Feb 2018 #30

+1,people think this is the movies. uponit7771 Feb 2018 #46

In this case customerserviceguy Feb 2018 #61

This guy had one job, ONE JOB. He deserves as much protection as he gave those kids, none. Afromania Feb 2018 #11

His job wasn't to die trying to play movie hero. A hand gun in a rifle fight is only in the movies. uponit7771 Feb 2018 #47

No DetroitLegalBeagle Feb 2018 #60

Having a shootout is exactly what the idiot Republicans want teachers to do, and what they Afromania Feb 2018 #64

It is so easy for people who are safe at home to demand that someone else with a handgun tblue37 Feb 2018 #12

It's even easier for gun nuts to indulge in wild west fantasies IronLionZion Feb 2018 #16

I agree. It was a suicide mission. He opted not to take it on. Chemisse Feb 2018 #20

+1000! NutmegYankee Feb 2018 #56

Protection today -- Permanent Taxpayer-funded Lifetime Disability tomorrow. TheBlackAdder Feb 2018 #13

+1 dalton99a Feb 2018 #32

My question is.. Why aren't the Cha Feb 2018 #14

The question I think we should be asking is, GulfCoast66 Feb 2018 #22

Well yeah.. but as long as the officer Cha Feb 2018 #23

Why does it take six to guard one, Lars39 Feb 2018 #18

Imagine the hate that would be spewed toward an armed teacher who failed to take out the gunman? Chemisse Feb 2018 #21

Excellent point! 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2018 #27

Headline: "Negligent teacher used blackboard, failed to watch class when student pulled out weapon" dalton99a Feb 2018 #33

"Cowardly Teacher Escapes with Students; Fails to Use Gun to Hunt Killer." Chemisse Feb 2018 #38

Bad comparison customerserviceguy Feb 2018 #62

My point was, if protecting students with a gun became an expectation of teachers, Chemisse Feb 2018 #65

I see no claims that anyone has threatened the deputy. I Don't harbor sinkingfeeling Feb 2018 #24

Wow ... maybe they should have all been at the school that day UpInArms Feb 2018 #25

If only precognition was an actual thing. meadowlander Feb 2018 #42

Not Everyone Wants to Step in Front of a Spray of Bullets-Even to Save Children's Lives dlk Feb 2018 #26

This officer made over $100k last year HopeAgain Feb 2018 #37

The trouble with heroes is then we are all expected to act that way. Chemisse Feb 2018 #39

Teachers customerserviceguy Feb 2018 #63

It would have been the equivalent of bringing a knife to a gun fight. onecaliberal Feb 2018 #29

+1, people think this is the movies !!! uponit7771 Feb 2018 #48

He signed up for this duty to "protect and serve" DeminPennswoods Feb 2018 #36

Maybe his bone spurs were acting up. n/t QC Feb 2018 #40

When I was taking whitewater safety classes... ginny skinny Feb 2018 #52

A lot of it is the gun support folks trying to take the blame off their precious guns and put it Hoyt Feb 2018 #66

I HOPE theyre ALSO guarding the students Resisting. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2018 #57