[Dane]

Of course, the hate-filled posters who utter such phrases are also the ones who are quick to overlook the fact that the officers had drawn their weapons for a foot-race (against their training), they kept the weapon in their hands to jump the fence (against their training), and they fired on a suspect based on their assumptions rather than what they witnessed (against their training).

Oh what a flowery screed towards the ACLU. Look we don't live in a perfect world and never will, but the fact's are that this 12 year old punk started all this and the cops reacted.

They have a dangerous job being on the front line against all the scum who want to do malicious harm to cops and the general public. I will give them the benefit of the doubt rather than liberal "perfect 20/20 hindsighters", who will always put the blame on the cop and not the criminal.

[Teacher317]

the fact's are that this 12 year old punk started all this and the cops reacted.

Very close, but not quite. The cop forgot his training, over-reacted, and caused a death needlessly. If death cannot be meted out by a judge, jury, and a long appellate process for the stealing and running, why is it acceptable for a police officer to impose that penalty single-handedly, instantaneously, and based on false information? (Also, don;t any red flags go up for when the cop says he thought the kid fired, but the noise came from the direction of the other officer, who was NOT between them... meaning the sound should have come from another direction? Call me a suspicious, but, as usual, the newspaper doesn't paint a very cler picture of the scene.)

They have a dangerous job being on the front line against all the scum who want to do malicious harm to cops and the general public.

Half of my family are officers. I have the utmost respect for them, and don't want them to be shackled by stupidities in the legal system... but I also don't want them killing perps based on bad information and poor training (or forgetting their training).

I will give them the benefit of the doubt rather than liberal "perfect 20/20 hindsighters",

How is using perffect information "liberal"? In my experience, facts tend not to bother liberla s much. ;^)

who will always put the blame on the cop and not the criminal.

The kid did wrong. I blame him for that, and he should have seen some stiff consequences for it... but my point here is that the cop also did wrong by forgetting his training and shooting based on false information, and he should see some consequences for it. You should also note that the kid's mistake did not led to death... but the cop's did.