We can all agree that the actions taken by the security guard who shot at a gunman in a Panama City, FL school last week were heroic. Those who watched the video have little doubt that the shooter would have shot and killed the board members at the school if he wasn't stopped by the security officer Mike Jones.
What few saw was the interview with Mr. Jones after the fact where he stated that he began crying after the fact because he was sure he will go to jail for shooting the suspect. Officer Jones, a former police officer, went on to tell his wife that he was convinced he will be arrested for shooting the suspect.
Why is that? How come a former police officer and a present security guard, who carries a gun for the sole purpose of using it when the time comes, doubts his actions? Actions, that by all other accounts are considered justifiable.
If there was ever a testament to the twisted way we treat those who protect us, this is it. There is no reason for a peace officer to ever doubt his use of lethal force, especially when executed to defend those he swore to protect.
But this sentiment is unfortunately so ingrained and rooted in the psyche of our police officers today it is sickening. The fact that police administrators water down training programs, decreasing defensive tactics training hours in favor of academic lessons, is a testament to how paranoid everybody is. So much so, that when the moment comes, is it any doubt most officers end up being killed because they second guessed their own actions, from the mere fear that they will be prosecuted by those they came to protect.
It is time to let police officers do their job: Police. there is room and place for human rights, but there will be no room for human rights when society is gone to shit if police keeps being ran over, either by the criminal element or their own self-doubt.
Tzviel 'BK' Blankchtein
Masada Tactical
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