• jet@hackertalks.com
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    4 months ago

    As you said he has a big criminal record, maybe this would be his third strike? Maybe this would end his parole etc…

    So let’s work with the theory this was the straw that would break the camel’s back, third strike possession of a firearm, send him away forever. I’m not saying I agree with his actions, but I can see how people would react in that situation

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      4 months ago

      He’s been well beyond the 3rd strike for quite some time as I gleaned from reading.

      There’s really no good alternative about it. The police did what they should’ve done. They got a warrant and pursued a bad guy. There really is no justification for what he did. If anything, it justifies arming the police more in order to enforce the law; for there is no substantive evidence to the contrary to suggest that if they came bearing balloons and flowers he wouldn’t gun them down just the same. That’s the thing about criminally insane people… They are not consistent.

      What he did is ensure every cop is doubly-armed and on-edge in the future, for every cop has no alternative. After all, they don’t control the prison system or the healthcare system or the education system.