Cynical Games Prosecutors Play

by Will

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

April 111, 2012

Jimma Reat and several relatives were riding in a car near Denver?s city limits when the occupants of another vehicle, a Jeep SUV, threw bottles at them and brandished a gun. After fleeing the scene, Reat and his friends called 911.

Reports the Denver Post: ?The operator told them to return to Denver, find a safe spot to park and wait for police.? When one of Reat?s relatives complained that this wouldn?t be safe, the dispatcher sternly advised them that unless the group complied, they could expect no assistance from the police.

Following a brief argument, the group did as instructed ? and 24-year-old Reat was murdered. Although police were able to locate the stolen red SUV the following morning, the murderers have yet to be found.

This case was not unique. In a 2004 incident, a woman was attacked by two men in a car who threw objects at her vehicle and then cracked the rear windshield with a baseball bat. When she called 911 she, too, was instructed to return to the scene and wait for police assistance. One former dispatcher reports that this is standard policy.

If Jimma Reat hadn?t asked the police for help, he?d probably be alive today.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.

 

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