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Person with gun. What are police supposed to do?
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Bricker
November 28, 2014, 4:22pm
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How close, in feet, should the police have been to the suspect upon arrival?
I pit Bricker for admitting he plans to make posts that are "clearly and utterly unreasonable"
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