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I'm sure that if I killed someone while at work I would face criminal charges. And yet I still do this job. I think the key thing here is to not kill people, an

I'm sure that if I killed someone while at work I would face criminal charges. And yet I still do this job. I think the key thing here is to not kill people, and definitely don't make it somebody's job to kill people.

throwaway894345 5y ago
Unless your job requires you to forcibly intervene between armed, violent offenders and their victims, I don’t see how this is relevant.
- monocasa 5y ago
  Police's job doesn't force them to intervene either. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia
  - throwaway894345 5y ago
    You're confusing "forcibly intervene" with "forced to intervene".
    - monocasa 5y ago
      > requires you to forcibly intervene They are under no such requirement as shown by the citation.
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      - throwaway894345 5y ago
        They have the right to opt out of any given encounter, but the gist of law enforcement is intervening as you well know. Anyway, word lawyering is dreadfully boring and it seems that’s all you have to offer so I’m ducking out.
        monocasa 5y ago
        I disagree that addressing the core argument of your claim is "word lawyering". Your original full claim > Unless your job requires you to forcibly intervene between armed, violent offenders and their victims, I don’t see how this is relevant. doesn't hold water when police are also not required to forcibly intervene between armed, violent offenders and their victims.
        BobbyJo 5y ago
        I'm sorry, but the point you're trying to make here is just bad. If some is running around with a knife stabbing everyone and the police just watched because 'they don't want to have to kill anyone's do you think that'd be ok? That is the kind of thing the police force was designed to handle. Sometimes killing someone is the right thing to do when your job is dealing with situations like that.

throwaway894345 5y ago

Unless your job requires you to forcibly intervene between armed, violent offenders and their victims, I don’t see how this is relevant.

monocasa 5y ago
Police's job doesn't force them to intervene either. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia
- throwaway894345 5y ago
  You're confusing "forcibly intervene" with "forced to intervene".
  - monocasa 5y ago
    > requires you to forcibly intervene They are under no such requirement as shown by the citation.
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    - throwaway894345 5y ago
      They have the right to opt out of any given encounter, but the gist of law enforcement is intervening as you well know. Anyway, word lawyering is dreadfully boring and it seems that’s all you have to offer so I’m ducking out.
      - monocasa 5y ago
        I disagree that addressing the core argument of your claim is "word lawyering". Your original full claim > Unless your job requires you to forcibly intervene between armed, violent offenders and their victims, I don’t see how this is relevant. doesn't hold water when police are also not required to forcibly intervene between armed, violent offenders and their victims.
        BobbyJo 5y ago
        I'm sorry, but the point you're trying to make here is just bad. If some is running around with a knife stabbing everyone and the police just watched because 'they don't want to have to kill anyone's do you think that'd be ok? That is the kind of thing the police force was designed to handle. Sometimes killing someone is the right thing to do when your job is dealing with situations like that.