Pamela Taylor wrote:

> This week in Florida a man was attacked by another
> with a machete.  The man who was attacked had no
> weapons, but managed to fight him off and survived.
> He cut cut twice, and yes, he was lucky that was all.
> If the cut on the back of his neck had been an inch or
> so deeper, he could have been paralyzed.  As it
> stands, after he was bandaged up all that remained to
> remind him of the incident was a slight headache.
> 
> How does this relate to Minneapolis?  The MPD had a
> whole slew of police and all they could do was kill
> the man.

They did what they were trained to do. And personally,
if you told me that I'd have to take the types of risks
you're expecting the police to take, I wouldn't take
the job and I don't think that many other people
would either. I'd want a higher probability of living
though my shift, than whether or not the machete
goes an inch deeper or not.

Michael Atherton
Prospect Park
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