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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 250627" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I'm not going to preach and say this wouldn't happen in Australia - because it does happen here, too. And it is just as unnecessary.</p><p></p><p>They're talking about arming more of our police with tasers, so that instead of firing a gun in these circumstances, our cops can use the taser and hjopefully immobilise someone who is a threat, but without hopefully killing him.</p><p></p><p>There was an incident some years ago, still talked about - on Bondi Beach, a man armed with a knife who was unstable and threatening people. He turned out to be mentall ill and having a psychotic episode but the police felt obliged to kill him. Very sad.</p><p></p><p>So this happens anywhere in the world. 20:20 hindsight can say that this or that shouldn't have happened but when you're in the crisis, it's hard to be infallible.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 250627, member: 1991"] I'm not going to preach and say this wouldn't happen in Australia - because it does happen here, too. And it is just as unnecessary. They're talking about arming more of our police with tasers, so that instead of firing a gun in these circumstances, our cops can use the taser and hjopefully immobilise someone who is a threat, but without hopefully killing him. There was an incident some years ago, still talked about - on Bondi Beach, a man armed with a knife who was unstable and threatening people. He turned out to be mentall ill and having a psychotic episode but the police felt obliged to kill him. Very sad. So this happens anywhere in the world. 20:20 hindsight can say that this or that shouldn't have happened but when you're in the crisis, it's hard to be infallible. Marg [/QUOTE]
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