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Old 05-07-2008, 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by nittanyalum View Post
Oh my god, Jon, what a ridiculous analogy. There are innumerable cases of car "accidents" where people have been killed (civilian and officer) where the punishment does not seem equitable and people seem to get away with little or no penalty even when a life has been claimed.

This woman driving 16 miles an hour over the speed limit and not seeing or steering around or stopping in time to not hit the officer (who stepped out in front of her) is NOTHING like 5 officers mowing down an unarmed man in a hail of 50 bullets, including a reloading.

Sounds like this revision to police policy in that area that trained their officers to step in front of speeding vehicles in LONG overdue:
$310.00 for a life?
"No justice, No peace" would seem to fit this rather well.
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