I was an armed guard in Iraq. We manned the gates, manned sentry towers, provided over watch for us patrols leaving/entering the base, searched the Iraqi workers who came on base, ect. ect.
Children would pelt us with rocks all the time. Did we shoot them? No.
My question is, was the actions of the children truly some thing that warranted lethal force? Highly doubtful, but on the small chance that the children were throwing rocks large enough to kill a boarder patrol officer if struck in the head - why aren't the boarder patrol agents wearing the proper safety gear?
Judging by some of the pics in related articles, the guards were all wearing helmets and body armor. The boys were throwing moderately sized gravel, like the kind you'd find in country driveways.
It's horrible guards/armed forces like this that give the many good members such horrible reps :(
Same age group of the children we dealt with in Iraq. And that is my question, why are they not wearing the proper safety gear? They don't have to wear combat armor, but if being pelted with rocks makes a guard question the safety of his life, then there is a need for the safety gear.
Children would pelt us with rocks all the time. Did we shoot them? No.
My question is, was the actions of the children truly some thing that warranted lethal force? Highly doubtful, but on the small chance that the children were throwing rocks large enough to kill a boarder patrol officer if struck in the head - why aren't the boarder patrol agents wearing the proper safety gear?
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It's horrible guards/armed forces like this that give the many good members such horrible reps :(
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Also, wearing combat armor or not, the onus to use force proportionately is always on the people trained to do so. i.e the cops.
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