How Orwellian.
How is it that the LAST guys on the scene have come to be called "first responders"?
And, they even make certain they are the last ones on the scene by setting up a "perimeter" to keep anyone else away.
If an incident involves you, and you respond, you are your own "first responder", and you are less likely to harm innocent people by your response than are the Johnny-Come-Latelies who show up after the smoke has cleared. If you don't (or are unable to) respond, then maybe your neighbor is your first responder. Until the Last Responders chase him away (or kidnap him, or shoot him if he looks alert and armed- they hate that).
But, just keep chanting it: War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. America is NOT a police state. First responders. Don't you feel better already?
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