My wife was also a cop before. We were not carrying guns.

 

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I believe Friar is the real criminal in this story

 

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A man walking his kids to the bus stop this week in New Orleans saw a car jacking in progress. He went to try and stop it. He was shot and killed in front of his kids.

 

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Yes. His kids watched him die.

It's not about fear. It's about brains and responsibility to your loved ones. Last I checked being a former cop doesn't make you bulletproof. There are lot of ways to handle a situation that don't include leading with your face.

 

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How many of those ways can prevent the lady from being seriously injured or killed right then?

There are situations where you are either going to intervene or you are going to let whatever you are witnessing happen.

Friar being a former cop leads me to assume he's the type who doesn't want bad things to happen to innocent people, and he also has training that most, if not all, of the other people witnessing that event don't.

If anyone was going to stop in then and there it was going to be him.

I don't fault anyone for choosing to intervene and I don't fault anyone for staying our of it. In the end you have to pick what you're comfortable living with.