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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-17-10 07:55 PM
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Stress claim denied for Conn. cop who shot chimp

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A police officer who shot and killed a chimpanzee last year after it mauled a woman has been denied a claim for workers' compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder because state law only applies to police shootings of people
http://www.9news.com/news/world/article.aspx?storyid=132970&catid=347
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-17-10 08:09 PM
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1. so seeing the face ripped of lady doesn't count at all?
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dustbunnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-17-10 08:14 PM
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2. Pretty much every cop in town saw that, as well as the emergency crew.

Where would it end?
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 06:12 PM
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3. sure, but people have different levels of reaction
the holocaust is an example -- some people came through stronger and wiser, but I suspect that many, many more were psychologically and emotionally wrecked forever.
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deaniac21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 06:33 PM
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4. Dubya has been shot?
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 06:34 PM
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5. my thought too, when I saw the thread
GMTA :rofl:
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