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"And there is no such thing as a petty crime," said Kevin Carroll with the Fraternal Order of Police. "There is no such thing as a petty offense." [More]Sounds like there's such things as petty "Only Ones"... and oath-breakers at that. In other words, they demand being empowered to enforce infringements at gunpoint using an instantaneously escalating continuum of force up to lethal. Who's the thug threat here?
Here's what was being reacted to by the chief petty officer. I agree with her -- it was dumb, including the rule violation (which even those who should know better commit with regularity). But it should hardly rise to the level of a criminal act.
Now I'll just send this link here and here, and see if Tom ... uh ... Kevin Petty there starts issuing fraternal police orders...
It shouldn't rise to the level of a crime, and it does not.
ReplyDeleteSafety rule violation aside, such a response should be viewed as a polite courtesy in case a truly violent thug has intentions of following through after running his/her mouth - rather than saying nothing and just shooting the thug dead in righteous self-defense.
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I like your clean-shaven mug, David!
ReplyDeleteAny 'mug' in a bar fight, huh?
With the opening this week of the Major League Baseball, this discussion reminds me of the pack of baseball cards. These are photographs of baseball players, many holding a baseball bat, ready to swing at a baseball. Or are they? Obviously most are posing for the photographer and are not ready for a pitched ball. You could even be paranoid and insist that they are prepared to strike a human with the bat. Should we arrest and bring to trial those baseball players because of the paranoid among us?
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