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Questions police
action in Sandpoint
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July 14, 2014 |
To the Editor:
One woman? A knife? Several Policemen on the
scene? Where was their pepper spray, or those
electronic devices they carry that stop people
in their tracks? Where were their armored vests
that stop bullets......and most certainly knives
wielded by a person of the weaker sex?
With the limited amount of information given out
to the public, it would appear that Sandpoint
Police officers have the same mind set as what
we see and hear on the evening news about the
"cowboys" working in Spokane: use deadly force
first, and let the chips fall where they may.
My uncle was a police officer who retired with
never having to pull his gun from his holster.
Now police officers shoot and kill a woman who
threaten them with a knife? The Fish and Game
people tell us to carry pepper spray while
hiking to protect us if we are in grizzly bear
country. If I were threatened and had a gun on
me and killed one, I'd be in a world of trouble.
But Sandpoint's finest get to use their guns
first, and shoot to kill a woman with a knife?
How are these officers trained? What is their
mind set? Should we all be in fear of our lives
if we have any contact with them?
Sandpoint isn't Chicago, Detroit, New York,
Philadelphia, Los Angeles, or some other big
city with millions of people and as many
problems. I need to be convinced that deadly
force was necessary to stop this woman, at a
hospital, in a small town, in rural Idaho, and
armed with a close contact weapon, a knife.
Until I am, shame on them....
Tom Griffin |
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