On Jan 14, 4:03=A0pm, "blakg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Jan 13, 6:08 pm, Martin Phipps <martinphip...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > I don't know if anybody remembers this but here in Asia they've
> > just finished showing season 5 of CSI: Miami and, frankly, I
> > thought it was a good season overall but this particular exchange
> > in one of the episodes really bothered me.
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> > HORATIO: There are a lot of people out looking for you, Chavez.
> > CHAVEZ: Well now you've found me.
> > HORATIO: You're going to pay for all the things you did.
> > CHAVEZ: Is it true? =A0Is my birth father going to testify against
> > me?
> > HORATIO: It's true, Chavez. =A0You're going away for a long time.
> > CHAVEZ: You've taken everything away from me. =A0I've got nothing
> > left to live for.
> > HORATIO: Is that why you've come down here brandi****ng a gun?
> > CHAVEZ: I'm not going back to jail. =A0You're going to have to kill
> > me.
> > HORATIO: I _am_ going to kill you.
> > [Chavez points his gun at Horatio and Horatio shoots him dead.]
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> > Okay, I don't know if that's word for word but the line "I _am_
> > going to kill you" is right and that's what I am concerned about:
> > Horatio would have been in his rights to shoot a suspect that
> > pulled a gun on him but NOT if he had just said "I'm going to kill
> > you" because if witnesses had heard him say that then internal
> > affairs should have been all over Horatio saying Chavez pulled his
> > gun on him in self defense. =A0Uh. =A0I couldn't believe that Horatio
> > didn't face an inquiry for that!
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> Self defense really wouldn't apply. Horatio was making an arrest and
> Cruz was resisting. Saying he was going to kill him really doesn't
> mean much. There's some form of inquiry whenever a cop shoots someone.
Now we know where Horatio is all the time between episodes. :I
Martin
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