Personally, I don’t think President’s should be pardoning anybody, under most circumstances.
And sorry, these two should not be ‘pardoned’.
A commutation of sentence, perhaps, but not a pardon. They’ve shown they should NEVER be allowed to carry a firearm and a badge again. The poor judgement they exercised cannot be denied.
But you can make the case the sentence was way to harsh given the circumstances.
Quite frankly, the BP should have ‘sentry’ powers during the WOT and should be able to fire or shoot at anytime.