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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1437766" data-attributes="member: 14668">I agree that law enforcement needs to be held accountable but it is factually inaccurate to compare what happened in Ferguson to what happened at Ruby Ridge, or in Waco.In Ferguson, officer Wilson had split seconds to react to being physically assaulted by a person we have on tape committing a violent felony. At Ruby Ridge and Waco, overzealous federal law enforcement agencies had&nbsp; months to plan out how they were going to serve warrants on charges that, at Ruby Ridge at least, were basically bogus.In Ferguson, officer Wilson fired his handgun at a man who was or had just assaulted him and was feet away. At Ruby Ridge, FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi used a scoped, high-powered rifle to murder an unarmed woman who was 200 yards away and holding a baby in her arms. Horiuchi was ultimately indicted on murder charges by a Boundary County grand jury but the charges were dismissed based upon the Sovereign Immunity of the Federal government.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1437766, member: 14668"] I agree that law enforcement needs to be held accountable but it is factually inaccurate to compare what happened in Ferguson to what happened at Ruby Ridge, or in Waco. In Ferguson, officer Wilson had split seconds to react to being physically assaulted by a person we have on tape committing a violent felony. At Ruby Ridge and Waco, overzealous federal law enforcement agencies had [I]months[/I] to plan out how they were going to serve warrants on charges that, at Ruby Ridge at least, were basically bogus. In Ferguson, officer Wilson fired his handgun at a man who was or had just assaulted him and was [I]feet[/I] away. At Ruby Ridge, FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi used a scoped, high-powered rifle to murder an unarmed woman who was [I]200 yards[/I] away and holding a baby in her arms. Horiuchi was ultimately indicted on murder charges by a Boundary County grand jury but the charges were dismissed based upon the Sovereign Immunity of the Federal government. [/QUOTE]

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