We Are On Our Own…We Always Have Been

By Mike McDaniel

It’s 0-dark-thirty one hot summer night. Your wife is home alone as you work the late shift. She’s asleep. Suddenly, she’s startled awake by the sound of something—or someone—trying to break in the back door. Frightened, she grabs her cell phone and pads in bare feet close enough to see the shadow of someone through the curtain covering the door glass. As his assault on the door becomes louder and more frantic, she realizes she has only minutes, perhaps secondsbefore he breaks through. With shaking hands, he calls 911 . . .

She manages to get through to the 911 dispatcher. He takes her information. The dispatcher becomes distracted, and doesn’t tell the officers what is happening. The responding officer is told only that there is some kind of disturbance in the area. He arrives ten minutes later. Seeing and hearing nothing, leaves after a few minutes, clearing the call.

In the meantime, and long after the officer leaves, your wife is brutally beaten and repeatedly raped. The rapist is never caught. You are determined to do two things: (1) buy a gun for your wife when she recovers, and (2) sue the police.

We’ll return to this tragic scenario shortly. First, …read more

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