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Originally posted by DGPhoney
It's nice we have such lovely Judgemental people on here. Instead of saying your peaces and get wells to the families involved , you'd rather make snap judgements, for a situation, you weren't there for. Unless you walk a mile in their shoes then you have no idea about their jobs. I think it's pathetic to always critize law enforcement officers no matter what branch they are. Regardless of what happens they are the same people who fight for our lifes everyday .
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1. I have every right to be judgemental and when it concerns the violation of the civil rights of one of the nation's highest caliber citizens, you can bet I'm going to exercise that right. It's called freedom of speech; get used to it.
2. Shooting an innocent man in the face through a car window at point blank range and with a military-grade weapon is completely inexcusable, especially when the man was trying to comply with the orders of the criminally incompetant officer at the time.
3. I didn't have to be standing next to Joseph Schultz when he was shot through the face to know that what Agent Braga did was wrong. Shooting first and asking questions later may work for the Marine Corps in combat situations, but a traffic stop (even when looking for a robbery suspect) in no way qualifies as a combat situation. Schultz is a citizen of the United States and an Eagle Scout, not an al-Qaida terrorist. Agent Braga obviously didn't realize this difference at the time because he didn't bother to behave in a rational manner so as to allow himself to properly examine the situation.
4. EVERY profession, ESPECIALLY those involving public office or protecting the public, is subject to criticism because in every case one must insist on personal accountability. You can try to sugar coat what Agent Braga did all you want, but the bottom line will never change: he acted without thinking and as a result, he shot an innocent man who was trying to cooperate with him through the face with an assault rifle while his girlfriend watched.
Agent Braga is guilty. Period. The End. There is no debate. This is a fact that anyone other than perhaps a bleeding heart liberal should readily acknowledge.