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Re:A SWAT team blew a hole in my 2-year-old son by angersock on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @04:11PM (#7940262)
I don't think that that's quite a reasonable take on things either--I do not believe that officers wake up every day going "Man, I hope I get to shoot some kids today".

Such hyperbole makes it harder to understand their position and hence to effect useful change.

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Re:A SWAT team blew a hole in my 2-year-old son by sitkack on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @10:22PM (#7941916)
Very few police ever fire their gun during their career. But an officer who killed a man by my work 2000, that was his third fatality. All same MO, mentally ill guy with a knife, close the distance under 21 feet and shoot.
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Re:A SWAT team blew a hole in my 2-year-old son by Glyptodon on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @07:17PM (#7941313)
No, but some police do seem to have a mentality where they think they need to be a substitute jury or provide some of the corporal punishment the legal system omits.
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