Re: Marine killed in his own home

Johne Cook <[email protected]>
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You're looking at it from a POV sympathetic to the SWAT guys. I'm looking at
it from a POV sympathetic to the homeowner. How many guns were pointed at
him first?

There are rules of engagement that these guys are expected to follow. As far
as I know, simply having a weapon pointed at you isn't cause to shoot 71
times. Those guys are trained to be overcareful when it comes to deadly
force (or at least they used to be).

Johne Cook
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On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Karl Swenson <[email protected]>wrote:

> No I am not ignoring that.  Firing first is not an issue *IF* he pointed
> the
> rifle at them.  It does not matter how tired he was, they cannot possible
> be
> expected to know that when confronted with a rifle pointed at them.
>
> And so your standard is that police have to wait to be shot first?
>  Trusting
> that their armor will protect them?  Really?
>
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