I take issue with the writer's loose usage of the word "violence" in the piece. Have such instances occurred? Yes, unfortunately they have. However, when a situation requires LEO's to employ a "use of force" in the performance of their duties, it does not follow that every such instance is done with violence foremost in their minds. Given that 2 OPD officers have just been seriously wounded after (as reported on TV) answering a call for someone setting fire to their neighbors front door - I suspect that the presumed PC response would have been to send unarmed Fire Marshalls and/or an unarmed Crisis Intervention Counsellor to the scene. I'm sure that THAT scenario would have really turned out well. Just who is being violent to whom?
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