Allow government, but never trust in it

What Lesson should you learn from this?

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Denise Ann Lee, 21, mother of two After being kidnapped and raped, Denise – after horrific screams and loud banging on Michael King’s Camaro – was able to attract the attention of a woman in Port Charlotte,” Lee choked through tears. That woman called 911 and told emergency dispatchers she’d seen a woman crying “and screaming, not a happy scream.” On top of that, an hour and a half earlier, law enforcement had sent out a B.O.L.O – or ‘be on the lookout’ – for Lee and the green Camaro. Still, two 911 dispatchers failed to send law enforcement officers to the intersection where the witness had reported seeing Lee, according to an internal affairs investigation. At the same time as the 911 call, officers with North Port Police were searching an area near Lee’s home, which is ten miles away. “There was a Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office unit less than a half mile from where Denise was shot and buried,” Nathaniel Lee said. “[He] drove right past [King], but he didn’t know who to look for because the call was never dispatched. ["severe incompetence"] ” The lesson is, you trust government to protect you at your peril. Prolly like you, I like to think I'd do the right thing in a given situation, but I'm never sure I would. Suppose I witnessed gangbangers raping a woman in Central Park?  Would I wade into the mob, knowing that in all likelihood  it would be my last act?   You don't know until it happens.  But if NY had the same faith in its citizenry that the majority of states do, I know with certain clarity how I'd perform. That girl would not be raped.  In this instance, the Florida observer, where carry laws exist, was conditioned to believe her call to 911 would bring a response. Maybe she was packing, but having reported the incident, she has also been conditioned to see herself arrested if she wound up shooting the perp.  Here's the killer part to this story, and so very instructive, as if we need more examples of horrid government: “ The two dispatchers were suspended. One was suspended for about seven days. The other was suspended for about four days. ”