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Author:  kimberman [ Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:50 am ]
Post subject:  North Kato assault leads to gun owner's arrest
Arrest the victim if he has a gun. Mankato Police SOP.

http://www.mankatofreepress.com/archive ... 50600.html
Author:  mrokern [ Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:59 am ]
Post subject:  Re: North Kato assault leads to gun owner's arrest
Hmmm, I'm reading this as "arrest the guy who escalated the situation, disengaged, got his gun, came back, and introduced a weapon into the fight".

Not disagreeing that PDs may have the policy, but I'm not sure (based on the provided link) that this guy was all that innocent in this one.

Granted, it's via the media, so a tub of grains of salt is necessary.

-Mark

ETA - The beatdown by a group could certainly qualify for disparity of force. My question is whether it went physical due to escalation by the gun owner and his brother, in which case, no reluctant participant status.
Author:  jaysong [ Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: North Kato assault leads to gun owner's arrest
Not enough details for me to make a judgment. :|
Author:  Dee [ Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: North Kato assault leads to gun owner's arrest
Keep in mind that this is the Mankato Free Press.
They are famous for getting things wrong and sometimes it almost seems like they make up stuff.
Author:  Hunter07 [ Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: North Kato assault leads to gun owner's arrest
Dee wrote:
Keep in mind that this is the Mankato Free Press.
They are famous for getting things wrong and sometimes it almost seems like they make up stuff.

Yep.

But also as jasong said:
Quote:
Not enough details for me to make a judgment.
Author:  jdege [ Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: North Kato assault leads to gun owner's arrest
Hunter07 wrote:
But also as jasong said:
Quote:
Not enough details for me to make a judgment.

Yep.

Seems to me it all turns on what was going on after he left.

Was his brother still being assaulted? If so, returning with the gun would have been justified. That seems to be the critical issue, and naturally the Free Press ignores it entirely.
Author:  kecker [ Tue Jul 14, 2009 7:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: North Kato assault leads to gun owner's arrest
Yeah, lots more information necessary to make a judgement
Author:  mrokern [ Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: North Kato assault leads to gun owner's arrest
jdege wrote:
Hunter07 wrote:
But also as jasong said:
Quote:
Not enough details for me to make a judgment.

Yep.

Seems to me it all turns on what was going on after he left.

Was his brother still being assaulted? If so, returning with the gun would have been justified. That seems to be the critical issue, and naturally the Free Press ignores it entirely.


Yup.

Proof positive why sometimes when a man is right, all he can do is apologize.

-Mark
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