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"The officer was in fear of his life at the time he fired his weapon. Look at size of the individual. I think about a 270-pound individual acting very irrational," Hurtt said.
"Officers have to make snap judgments. Officers are in risky situations and officers can get hurt. They should not have to endure risk and physical danger to themselves to do their jobs," Houston Mayor Bill White said.
HPD policy says an officer can use deadly force if it is necessary to "protect themselves or others from imminent threat of serious bodily injury or death."
Originally posted by NovusOrdoMundi
when you know, or should know, that our founding fathers wouldn't leave this country alive
Originally posted by SteveR
Oh? They left their previous country alive.
Originally posted by NovusOrdoMundi
Already been mentioned
Originally posted by SteveR
revolutionaries like Jones.
Originally posted by NovusOrdoMundi
I guess I fail to see irony in a post that I said it's stupid to bail on your home country when it's in trouble and still call yourself a patriot.
Originally posted by SteveR
The founding fathers are revolutionaries that "bailed", as you call it, on their "home country" in order to create a new political entity (something that you laugh at and call unpatriotic - ironic).
Originally posted by SteveR
Jones is a revolutionary (understand the word) also, regardless of our subjective opinion of him, except he is in favor of changing the system he is a citizen of, not advocating emmigration or secession of land.
Originally posted by SteveR
Your initial statement about Jones, then, is a product of confusion and is unfounded. Case closed