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bubba7557 t1_j9u71t1 wrote

It's particularly telling that police forces try to mimic armed services awards. A real clue that they believe they are at war with the people they are supposedly serving. Continue to not hold murderers accountable for their actions and award them instead you're definitely not gonna see any change in police behavior.

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PaxNova t1_j9u6rh4 wrote

> Clearly the guy violently resisted.

Not to the point of requiring a lethal solution. Reaching into your jacket is a no-no when interacting with police, and the grab out of the car was likely fine. Once on the ground though, it doesn't matter how much they're kicking, the gun is only called for if they're going for a weapon.

I'm unclear as to protocol on taser vs gun when an unknown weapon may be in play.

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Valash83 t1_j9u6i9e wrote

Not to take away from those who earned a Purple Heart but the military loves to give them out for about anything.

When my father was in 'Nam, some drunk on base got ahold of a grenade and thought it would be funny to pull the pin and throw it in the middle of the base trying to scare everyone.

A piece of shrapnel grazed my father's arm, requiring 4 stitches to close up the wound. And while they were sewing him up, someone came and just put a Purple Heart on the table next to him.

He grabbed it, threw it back at the guy and said "save it for those who actually earned it"

And my father said the last he saw of the drunk idiot was an MP walking up and hitting him in the face with the butt of his gun and then they dragged his unconscious body towards the makeshift brig they had.

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