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Originally Posted by fanerio
didn't follow, do u murcans still go with things like trials and due process or is it more or less ok to have ppl in uniform with guns kill suspects?
i mean, this is bloodthirsty and just about the tipping point to a more or less police state
Alright, you son of a bitch, you've incurred my wrath this afternoon, so let me tell you a little story.
Back in the day, after serving 35 years on the CPD, our family's beloved
Uncle Harry was working twice a week as a Special Deputy Marshal at the federal courthouse in Chicago; effectively a security gig, nothing more. He happened to work the same day that the surviving member of the
Chicagoland Bonnie & Clyde impersonators tried to escape from custody. The perp overpowered one officer, killed another and encountered my uncle in the underground parking lot, where they exchanged rounds. That exchange took my uncle's life, but not before he planted a round into the bastard's back. Realizing he was more or less dead to rights, he killed himself in that same parking garage, thankfully before he could harm anyone else. He unambiguously crossed the line between suspect and threat, losing his entitlement to non-forceful containment in the process.
Reading the updates this morning on how this chase began, with the shooting of the MIT campus cop who (just like my uncle) found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time, it's all hitting too close to home yet again. These suspects have shown further contempt for human life with their actions over the last 18 hours or so, they were/are armed and dangerous and they represent a clear threat to the safety of the neighbourhoods they're currently terrorizing. They've lost the right to a cozy apprehension a long, long, LONG ****ing time ago.
Would I prefer these kids were taken alive so they could answer for their crimes and receive well-deserved public scorn? Of course I do. But those aren't the parameters we're dealing with any longer. This is the end they've chosen for their pathetic episode, and it's time to end it for good.
How dare you turn this into a soapbox manifesto. That is a disgusting post.