[grey_whiskers]

I'm trying to apply the same standard to the police, that an out-of-control government applies to its victims subjects citizens.

I do in fact hear the weasel words (oh, but he had drugs in his system therefore he was more susceptible blah blah)...but...if the thug hadn't been kneeling on his neck for 9 minutes straight, then those susceptibilities wouldn't have been triggered right then.

I'm thinking English Common Law here from which much of our jurisprudence descends; you know, like the driver in the getaway car being liable for murder if the gunman in a bank robbery shoots someone, that kind of thing.

It's not the same situation but the same "where does the blame really lie" kind of thinking.

[shelterguy]

I am maybe more logical than you.

I wait for ALL the facts to come in.

Then I determine if I think the cop should hang and if I should go burn down the town.

But if knee jerk reactions work for you then stick with what you know.