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52. When I was taking whitewater safety classes...

Sat Feb 24, 2018, 01:06 AM

Feb 2018

They told us the first rule of rescue was "Don't add to the body count." Meaning was that you can't rescue anybody if you are dead.
I can't judge Peterson on this one event. What is his history? Has he saved lives during his career? No one cares, they just want to fry him for this one instance. He may have been a coward but as someone who has never been in that position and had to make a decision with incomplete information like he did, I can't judge.

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Deputies are guarding the home of the Parkland school shooting officer [View all] ansible Feb 2018 OP

Hard to say whether Peterson should have rushed in guns ablazing without visuals of what was happeni Hoyt Feb 2018 #1

He's a cop. He had a gun. He had a duty. ansible Feb 2018 #2

Yeah - we can be human, compassionate AND acknowledge the reality Cosmocat Feb 2018 #4

IMO he would have been committing suicide CozyMystery Feb 2018 #28

+1, people think this is the movies !!! uponit7771 Feb 2018 #44

Lots of folks failed- FBI, local police, Cruz's father, folks who support lax gun laws, law makers, Hoyt Feb 2018 #6

Kinda hard for Cruz's father to fail from the grave obamanut2012 Feb 2018 #9

Didn't have room for "adoptive" father who was a gunner and said he was fine with his "son" Hoyt Feb 2018 #10

His adoptive father was dead too Farmer-Rick Feb 2018 #34

You are so wrong you should be ashamed obamanut2012 Feb 2018 #8

Why should the poster be ashamed? Devil Child Feb 2018 #41

A cop's job is to do a forensic review christx30 Feb 2018 #19

To Serve and to Protect.. denbot Feb 2018 #43

True "die playing Rambo" isn't part of serving and protecting. Bringing a gun to a rifle uponit7771 Feb 2018 #45

So, then customerserviceguy Feb 2018 #58

To serve and protect society at large. christx30 Feb 2018 #50

Keep moving the goal post.. denbot Feb 2018 #51

What goal post? It's a we'll know fact christx30 Feb 2018 #55

Cops do not have to protect NewDem17 Feb 2018 #54

Cops arent Infantry DashOneBravo Feb 2018 #53

Good guys with guns are everywhere and clearly not enough IronLionZion Feb 2018 #3

CNN reported that there were 3 other deputies DeminPennswoods Feb 2018 #49

A teacher died protecting students HopeAgain Feb 2018 #5

That has no bearing on the cop's behavior and choice. CozyMystery Feb 2018 #31

Nope, just on his character. HopeAgain Feb 2018 #35

Bingo customerserviceguy Feb 2018 #59

Sorry, I live here, and I can't blame him obamanut2012 Feb 2018 #7

+1. LOL. I know, it's hard defending police nowadays. Hoyt Feb 2018 #15

Really? atreides1 Feb 2018 #17

Imagine a scene like that ... and remember this is not a movie. nt CozyMystery Feb 2018 #30

+1,people think this is the movies. uponit7771 Feb 2018 #46

In this case customerserviceguy Feb 2018 #61

This guy had one job, ONE JOB. He deserves as much protection as he gave those kids, none. Afromania Feb 2018 #11

His job wasn't to die trying to play movie hero. A hand gun in a rifle fight is only in the movies. uponit7771 Feb 2018 #47

No DetroitLegalBeagle Feb 2018 #60

Having a shootout is exactly what the idiot Republicans want teachers to do, and what they Afromania Feb 2018 #64

It is so easy for people who are safe at home to demand that someone else with a handgun tblue37 Feb 2018 #12

It's even easier for gun nuts to indulge in wild west fantasies IronLionZion Feb 2018 #16

I agree. It was a suicide mission. He opted not to take it on. Chemisse Feb 2018 #20

+1000! NutmegYankee Feb 2018 #56

Protection today -- Permanent Taxpayer-funded Lifetime Disability tomorrow. TheBlackAdder Feb 2018 #13

+1 dalton99a Feb 2018 #32

My question is.. Why aren't the Cha Feb 2018 #14

The question I think we should be asking is, GulfCoast66 Feb 2018 #22

Well yeah.. but as long as the officer Cha Feb 2018 #23

Why does it take six to guard one, Lars39 Feb 2018 #18

Imagine the hate that would be spewed toward an armed teacher who failed to take out the gunman? Chemisse Feb 2018 #21

Excellent point! 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2018 #27

Headline: "Negligent teacher used blackboard, failed to watch class when student pulled out weapon" dalton99a Feb 2018 #33

"Cowardly Teacher Escapes with Students; Fails to Use Gun to Hunt Killer." Chemisse Feb 2018 #38

Bad comparison customerserviceguy Feb 2018 #62

My point was, if protecting students with a gun became an expectation of teachers, Chemisse Feb 2018 #65

I see no claims that anyone has threatened the deputy. I Don't harbor sinkingfeeling Feb 2018 #24

Wow ... maybe they should have all been at the school that day UpInArms Feb 2018 #25

If only precognition was an actual thing. meadowlander Feb 2018 #42

Not Everyone Wants to Step in Front of a Spray of Bullets-Even to Save Children's Lives dlk Feb 2018 #26

This officer made over $100k last year HopeAgain Feb 2018 #37

The trouble with heroes is then we are all expected to act that way. Chemisse Feb 2018 #39

Teachers customerserviceguy Feb 2018 #63

It would have been the equivalent of bringing a knife to a gun fight. onecaliberal Feb 2018 #29

+1, people think this is the movies !!! uponit7771 Feb 2018 #48

He signed up for this duty to "protect and serve" DeminPennswoods Feb 2018 #36

Maybe his bone spurs were acting up. n/t QC Feb 2018 #40

When I was taking whitewater safety classes... ginny skinny Feb 2018 #52

A lot of it is the gun support folks trying to take the blame off their precious guns and put it Hoyt Feb 2018 #66

I HOPE theyre ALSO guarding the students Resisting. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2018 #57