A woman was sentenced to 15 years in prison for rolling her car window up on a police officer's arm and dragging him for approximately half-mile.
Being that the officer is OK and recovered from his injuries, the comments like "almost an 'armed' robbery" and "what a drag" are all in good fun.
That's not to say that the Republic and azcentral.com do not allow postings on stories that should not be allowed to be commented on. The Web site has a notorious tendency to allow postings on stories about the mentally retarded, missing people, and mentally retarded missing people. Here is an example.
It is one of the goals of the Gannett policy that guides the Republic and azcentral.com that says we should minimize harm to victims or subjects of their reports. I do not think it is in the best interest of minimizing harm to allow postings on stories like this and others that involve vulnerable victims or unconfirmed suspects.
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