Marine veteran<\/strong> jumped into action and stopped a man from reaching a Bastrop deputy\u2019s gun as the suspect pummeled the officer during a struggle earlier this month.<\/p>\n\u201cFreeze!\u201d Scott Perkins yelled as he pulled out his concealed handgun, pointing at the suspect.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m alive today because of him,\u201d the deputy, 23-year-old Dylan Dorris said Wednesday, reflecting on the events surrounding a disturbance call outside a Bastrop County gas station Jan. 16. \u201cThere are no words to explain it. He\u2019s such an outstanding citizen. He\u2019s here for our country, our community and you really feel the love.\u201d<\/p>\n
Perkins\u2019 actions caused the suspect to leave Dorris and flee, before he was detained and taken into custody by another deputy and Dorris shortly after.<\/p>\n
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At a time when anti-law enforcement sentiment is seen in many parts of the country, Perkins\u2019 decision to intervene and help Dorris has touched many in the Bastrop sheriff\u2019s department.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis day and time, a lot of people would just drive by and keep going,\u201d said Sgt. James Davenport, who was the supervising officer of the incident. \u201cTo see someone that will stop and help is special.\u201d<\/p>\n
The few minutes when Dorris was fighting with the suspect and couldn\u2019t check in with dispatchers felt like an eternity, Bastrop County sheriff\u2019s dispatcher Ruth Amy said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is very emotional, very emotional,\u201d Amy said. \u201cYou go into a mode, for a lack of a better term, you go into an emergency mode and you just do what you have to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
In those moments, Dorris remembers fearing for his life.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember thinking stay in the fight. Just keep fighting, keep fighting. Do whatever you can do, just stay alive you need to go home,\u201d Dorris said. He was transported to the hospital and treated for minor injuries that night.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It makes me angry that the mainstream media has so poisoned society against law enforcement that officers and deputies think they\u2019re alone, and that they simply don\u2019t think help from citizens is even a possibility.<\/p>\n
just don\u2019t get it.<\/em><\/p>\nI\u2019m psychologically wired in such a way that I\u2019m going to run to someone in distress and attempt to do what I can to help them. I\u2019ve done it numerous times, with a pedestrian hit by a car, with vehicular collisions, a motorcycle wipe-out, several fights, and an attempted sexual assault. It\u2019s simply what you do<\/em>, and I suspect that if I ever saw a firefighter, paramedic, or officer in distress that I\u2019d immediately jump in to help them, the way they always take the risks to help strangers.<\/p>\nIt says a lot about the decline of morality and character in our society that Perkins\u2019 actions are viewed as anything other than an automatic response as the \u201cright thing to do,\u201d which Perkins himself seems to get.<\/p>\n
But Perkins, who served two tours in Iraq as a Marine, doesn\u2019t see himself as a hero.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnytime somebody is in need of help you should assist them. It doesn\u2019t matter whether your life is in danger or not, you should always assist anybody who is in need,\u201d Perkins said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
If we expect to survive as a country and a culture, we have to be willing to put our butts on the line from time to time, selflessly, for others.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re only about \u201cwhat\u2019s in it for me,\u201d I\u2019d argue you\u2019ve failed as a human being,\u00a0but that\u2019s just my opinion.<\/p>\n
Thank you, Scott Perkins, for stepping up.<\/p>\n
You\u2019re one of hopefully hundreds of thousands of Americans who would react exactly the same way.<\/p>\n
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