And that is the crux of the problem. Rather than being held to a higher standard when they kill or injure some member of the public, they're almost always held to no standard at all
"He made a threatening gesture." OK good enough - free pass.
Anyone know what happened to the cops who shot the 9 bystanders in NYC when they shot the guy who killed a co-worker at the empire state building? I'm guessing nothing.
Cops are in a no win situation. People are getting worse—behaving worse, and while “stats” say the crime-rate is going down—I personally don’t believe it.
The justice system is a joke nationally, and it’s very common for rapists and murderers to be back on the streets after serving a mild sentence only to be shuffled back into the system after a few weeks.
That said, when cops can kill dogs and people with impunity on a regular basis, what does that say about them?
How many of them brag about it?