One of my neighbors is a former Detroit cop and said he only pulled his gun once in something like 12 years. The 1 time he pulled his gun he didn’t fire. He said the perp was waving his gun around and pointing it toward he and his partner but they were behind cover and the situation defused itself. He says he could tell the guy was thinking and weighing his odds and made the right choice.
This is exactly what is not happening. Cops today are shooting first instead of waiting to confirm if there is a real threat. There was no threat in this case and again a person was shot that shouldn’t have been. Police officers are not authorized by the people to shoot first and ask questions later, in fact it’s just the opposite. The safety of the public comes FIRST and officer safety second. An officer MUST be 100 percent certain innocent life is in peril before firing even if it means getting shot at first.
I think you missed my point. Your friend that only pulled his gun once DID NOT FIRE, even though by today’s standards he was justified in shooting the perp dead. Your friend was a real cop, one who’s first instinct is not to kill the second ANY apparent threat is perceived weather it be real or not. And the “perp” is likely alive today. Your friends mindset was to save a life even if they were armed and acting crazy at the time. This is not the mindset prevelent in law enforcement today.