“If a really bad guy runs from a cop it’s OK to shoot him dead?”
If you’re a police officer you will usually have about three seconds to figure that out. A wrong choice will mean you don’t go home again or that someone else will be in danger. The law used to have a public servant’s back because of the nature of the job. That’s history now. It’s no longer about the public welfare. It’s all about votes, politics and social engineering.
I would agree with you if there was any evidence at all that the cop’s life or that of anybody else was in danger.
But there isn’t. I’m perfectly willing to change my mind if such evidence turns up. But I’m not going to withhold judgement on the available evidence on the theory that there “might” be something out there that changes things.
An example: I was out of the country when the Zimmerman/Martin thing hit the news. I was outraged at the brutal murder of this innocent 12 year old boy by the brutal redneck. (That’s certainly what CNN showed.)
But as other evidence came out it became obvious my original take was wrong. So I changed it. Martin’s death was entirely due to his own stupid and criminal actions. Zimmerman was entirely justified legally in what he did, though it’s sad, for all involved, that he had to do it.
Provide some evidence that this cop behaved properly and I’ll evaluate it.