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Originally Posted by martinguerre
The plane was already landed...the moment of highest threat passed. i assume from my reading that the officers were at least aware of the claim that this man was ill...which may have made them more likely to believe that this person was actually dangerous, a innacurate stereotype. i know they have to take this seriously...i don't suggest for a moment that they don't. But the intersection of mental illness and police cannot just be assumed to be a fatal reaction. The cost is simply too high.
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it may have been the highest but ANYTHING plane related makes people stop and think about 9/11.
In this case, I'm all for the needs of the many outweigh those of the one. Your "cost is simply too high" works both ways.
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