This situation is bad enough already; there is no need to make it worse by forming, yes, a mob intending to kill the suspects. If they were to be killed in the process of an arrest, that would be different. But you are not suggesting that! And if that word gets out—if they speak on their return of your charging in to kill them, then you would need to be arrested again. And the police force's reputation would suffer the more.
I would not have you lecturing me about the protection of others and the prevention of their deaths. Not when you are proposing the same thing. If they fight, so shall I, but my goal is to reduce the deaths to the absolute minimum. Even the life of a murderer should be, if possible, protected.
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This situation is bad enough already; there is no need to make it worse by forming, yes, a mob intending to kill the suspects. If they were to be killed in the process of an arrest, that would be different. But you are not suggesting that! And if that word gets out—if they speak on their return of your charging in to kill them, then you would need to be arrested again. And the police force's reputation would suffer the more.
I would not have you lecturing me about the protection of others and the prevention of their deaths. Not when you are proposing the same thing. If they fight, so shall I, but my goal is to reduce the deaths to the absolute minimum. Even the life of a murderer should be, if possible, protected.