Every time a story like this surfaces, the police lose a little support from the middle class. And that is no small thing. We need the police. And the police need us.
I get that police work is difficult, and often dangerous. But my goodness. Are they taught nothing about de-escalation? Must everything be a SWAT raid into a terrorist meth lab?
Shoot the dog. Shoot the kid. Shoot the guy holding a cell phone.
I always remember the advice of the police chief of Kenosha during that fiasco a couple of years ago: If you don’t want the police shooting someone who is invading your home or abducting your child, then don’t call the police when you have a problem with someone invading your home or abducting your child.
The real cause is the 95% of good cops covering for the 5% of the bad ones.
You’re only as good as the worst behavior or person you tolerate.