Not sure I understand the thinking here.
There have been multiple stories posted here ion this board about homeowners defending their homes with deadly force and nearly all of them are cheered to some extent. Many, many more cases have been in the various Detroit news media sites that haven't been commented on here. The Detroit Police Chief goes on national media telling homeowners to arm themselves and be willing to use deadly force when they feel threatened, essentially saying 'Shoot first, don't worry about the questions, we got you covered'. Pretty much everybody knows that response time for DPD can be an hour, if they come at all. Yeah, I know this case was Dearborn Heights, but they're not much better in response times, especially at the Detroit border.
Yet you want this guy to call 911 and wait patiently inside for who knows how long while somebody is beating on his door in the middle of the night. Maybe he should wait until whoever breaks the door open and attacks him? Maybe he should open the door with his wallet handy to buy 5 or 6 boxes of cookies?
If this had been at E. Outer Drive and E. Warren instead of W. Outer Drive and W. Warren, the guy would probably have been hailed as a hero and given a key to the City instead of persecuted and demonized.
You bang on a door in the middle of the night in Detroit, expect to get shot.
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