Maybe he just wants to be a cop - to serve and protect. The "cop wannabe" inference from prosecution really frosted me.
Don't all cops, at some time in their lives "want to be" a cop?
Arghhhhhhhhh...........
See my 1516. Yes, he did want to be a cop - for honorable reasons.
Thought:
MOM is doing a masterful job of asking each witness connected to LEO how they became involved; why they became involved; if they liked their job etc etc.
All these wanna be cops have had a dream and had worked to make that dream come true. Z was in the process of doing the same.
To protect your family ( which prompted him to get a gun) and your community is a calling he heard.
Mom will do ok with the prof if not hit it out of the club house !
And isn’t it not unreasonable for someone to have interest in serving his community in a law enforcement fashion, such as starting a neighborhood watch program, without going so far as becoming a cop?
If someone is prowling my neighborhood in a suspicious manner (say, peeking in windows on a rainy evening while wearing identity-concealing clothing and walking abnormally), I’m going to observe, call the police, and even inquire his intentions. I’m not a cop wannabe in any insulting sense, I’m just concerned about my neighborhood (hey, my family is part thereof and at risk from this guy!) and not going to cower when a little polite inquisitiveness can deter harmful intent.
It’s amazing how all these proponents of the “wanna be cop” attitude have the gift of reading the hearts and minds of other people. I have seen the same thing in the church for years. People who know others better than they know themselves. They never cease to amaze me. They are so gifted they know the inner most desires of others. There is no such gift!
I was a wannabe in 1972 and was one until 1978, well actually Sheriffs Dept but I was a wannabe at one time.