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Police stun stepdad trying to save son from fire
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The family of a 3-year-old killed in a northern Missouri house fire says it is outraged after police used a stun gun on the boy's stepfather as he tried to run back in and save the child.
Riley Miller died early Oct. 31 in the Mississippi River town of Louisiana. A city police officer fired his stun gun at Ryan Miller as he tried to re-enter his burning home, which was destroyed. Grandmother Lori Miller says she witnessed two officers use the stun gun three times, twice after Ryan Miller had been handcuffed. Miller suffered chest burns and was later released from the city jail without being charged. The family says it is considering legal action against the city. City Administrator Bob Jenne called the police response a "judgment call." Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Read more: http://www.myfoxny.com/Story/2390647...#ixzz2jzWETTPz |
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If this ever happened to me those cops would be worried every time they closed their eyes to sleep. And I would love to be on this man's jury if he decided to pursue justice on his own.
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I also agree with the mindset of the officer, who's job it is to stop more people from dying.
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I believe a man is born with the liberty to choose the day to die. or to potentially die.
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Want to CYA? Make a failing attempt to physically restrain the Dad without a Taser. "I tried but he was just too strong." |
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Its tough. I know what you're saying, but its like, you can't be mad at the police for doing their job, too.
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Without being there to see the situation its impossible to know if the Police did the right thing or not.
I mean did the wife need to lose her son and her husband, become a widow for no reason in a potentially helpless situation? |
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You don't stop parents from trying to keep their child from burning to death. Good god.
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Supposedly just taking one or two breaths of that superheated air will render you unconscious, but when you're talking about a man and his child... jeez, let him assume the risk
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I don't think that would have any legal ground.
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Ah yes, the obligatory "I would go Rambo on people" and "I would love to be on the jury" post
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It's not their place to make that decision.
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Good point, though. I can see the side of the dad being allowed to make the decision for himself. However, it may put the fireman's life at risk for having to go save the dad, and then you've caused even more death, intentional or not.
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Look.....I'd be the first one to run back into a burning building to rescue any of my three daughters. But we have no clue about the situation. It says the house was destroyed. We have no idea how long the boy had been in the fire.
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