I am a business owner and a taxpayer. Cops are public employees and when they eff up, I pay the bills. I will criticize them when I think their behavior merits it.
It won’t be the cop’s livelihood that gets burned when this video is used to incite further rioting and looting in other venues.
We should be held hostage to the whims of would be rioters and looters. Careful to not offend them hence they burn down our cities. Really?
Thing is with the police, they are determined to come back home to their families and own homes, they don’t want to die. They’re in a state of hyper-vigilance, similar to that of a man in the military in Iraq or Afghanistan.
I understand. I agree with you, it was not smart. It’s been three days on the line, cut a little slack. Not that the cop is right, but you are not the one facing the mob. You, any many, might not be so perfect in that situation.
I too am a business owner and taxpayer. Thankfully I am not in St. Louis. But if a cop speaks a bit out of line up I’ll back him over a raging mob any day.