“There are a lot of “armchair quarterbacks” on incidents like this.”
We’ve seen the results when people don’t criticize cops. Without critically minded people keeping them in line, anything goes.
And armchair quarterbacking IS what cops do to us.
No matter what cops want, they are ticking people off with this crap. And that is something they won’t long survive. Look at the article yesterday where the rookie shot a guy for nothing. And still, cops expect him to walk. They’ve lost the concept of what reasonable fear means.
“We’ve seen the results when people don’t criticize cops. Without critically minded people keeping them in line, anything goes.
And armchair quarterbacking IS what cops do to “
Actually, I’m on your side generally. Look at my posts. I’ve pointed out that “law and order bootlickers” seem to have slithered off of this board over the last several years. But this particular incident is not a very good example for “trigger-happy policing”.