I never could feel sorry for a "man" who uses a child as a shield.
However, I have to ask how endangered these officers felt that they had to just blow the baby away to get to the man.
I'm sure there is more to the story than what is just above, but my feeling on just from what I have read...... the officers were overzealous and could have called in negotiators or had a SWAT team wait for the right moment to put a bullet in his brain.
I'm sure the man couldn't hold the child over his head and chest forever.
In all it sounds like a difficult situation that noone would ever want to be in, nor would anyone truly know how they would react until it happened.
I feel for the officers who fired and aren't sure which one's bullets hit the child. They may have nightmares the rest of their lives.
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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"
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