Still can't admit it, can you? In your responses ... who is pulling the trigger.
I've said there are bad cops plenty of times. Burn them, burn them bad where crimes are committed in the line of duty. Now all we have to do is get everyone to be at least a wee bit reasonable and acknowledge that all cop shootings are not pre meditated assassinations.
It’s a good thing we have videos now to help put bad cops like Chauvin to justice. However, it makes sense that in a country that has a mass shooting every fucking day cops will occasionally misread a situation and use unnecessary force. They are human and they fear for their lives like the rest of us, no matter how much training they go through.
Well, that's the logical reason if they weren't outright looking to murder somebody, isn't it? If they didn't think somebody's life was in danger that would be outright murder. I'm going to assume you've never had to make a split second decision as to whether or not to draw a gun on somebody. I haven't either. However, I can see why it's a decision that can lead to error. How you see things in the moment, may not be the reality of what's unfolding. It's kind of like when a professional QB throws an interception misreading the defense. About 250 cops are shot a year and about 40-50 of them will die. Cops don't face that level of threat in other countries. Hence their willingness to use guns as a form of self-defense reflects that threat. Furthermore, I can see how cops assigned to more homicide-prone areas would be even more willing to use a gun as they are even more threatened. It's easy for you to sit from the luxury of an internet forum and criticize their decisions when you've never been in the fast moving scenarios they are in. Everybody should be open to ideas when it comes to reducing unarmed citizen deaths. Body cameras are a good thing and I hope to see them adopted everywhere. However, there is way more hatred/broad brush statements towards police than reasonable suggestions being thrown out.
