Letters Apr 8, 2010 at 4:00 am

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But Mr. Lovett, had Officer Walters been equipped with the proper measuring device, he might have, after slowing time down Matrix-style to a manageably slow pace, whipped it out at the appropriate moment while he was being attacked, determined the smallness of the blade being wielded against him by the crazed, blood-drenched man, paused, taken some time to come up with a reasonable plan of counter-attack, carefully pondering all the potential consequences of his actions, selected a less lethal weapon to use in defending himself, perhaps even deciding to engage Mr. Collins in a bout of unarmed fisticuffs, and further bloodshed might have been avoided!
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I'm going to have to disagree with mollymaverick, Owl City was the most god awful music my ears have ever been exposed to. They will never get those minutes back, and that's the real crime here.
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Darn you Portland Mercury, how dare you edit my comment and post it in the letter section! Actually , that is a good editing job in that you got to the more salient points. The tragic death of this man should not be used as a soapbox, to me the other shooting is the elephant in the room. This (assuming the shooting report is true, and people need to stop thinking they are all fiction) pretty much looks like the officer had to defend himself. Would I have handled it differently? Perhaps, but then again i was'nt there and neither were any of You
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Lovett, if you had actually read the article, you would know that the police officer was equipped with not only a gun but also a TASER. Which he could've used instead of a gun. He didn't HAVE to kill Collins. There was nothing justified about the killing.
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@ Christopher Lovett

Your love affair for fascism is outstanding!

Noone ever "glamorized" Jackie Collins, sir. The article was, instead, an actual account of his life & what [ultimately] lead to his killing at the bloody hands of Ofc.Walters. Also, at NO point was Walters ever under attack! So you can stop your lies here.
If you're "soo offended" by the idea that a publication might dare to provide an account of [yet] another man who was shot down by Portland police, then why don't YOU join the gestapo & do something about it, YOURSELF!
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@Collen_Monster - I can't say it any better than Lovett or or Blasphemer already have, so I'll just say: Nope, you're completely wrong. The decision to use lethal force was completely justified, and the only acceptable response.
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"...and the only acceptable response (bloodshed)."

So YOU mean to tell us that if Walters had [instead] chosen to TASER Collins & take him into custody ALIVE, that would NOT be acceptable?
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Oh no!! Portland lost a crazed, cop attacking, knife wielding, highly unstable, violent, alcoholic, homeless guy who liked to hang around the Children's Museum and Zoo. What a loss. What do people in this white bread city think that pulling a knife on a cop (or anyone carrying a gun) is going to result in? Drum circle? A quick round of hacky sack? Naked bike ride? Jesus..... Don't wanna get shot? Don't try to stab a cop.
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thank you, clem. just THANK YOU.

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