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Its not a narrative. Cops should not be killing people. Period. Why do we keep saying police are well trained and "special" and then not hold them to a higher standard?
They are also supposed to protect people. And that unfortunately means they sometimes have to kill people.
Not really and not really what we want. If you get into a fight with your brother in law and a cop shows up and kills one of you... is that okay?
Is one of us about to attempt to kill the other? Like lunging at the other with a knife?
My dad shot 2 people during his law enforcement career. Both of them had already killed someone else and were armed and in shoot outs with police. What would you suggest he do in that case?
Sure. If your exchanging fire then it seems justified. Thats not what is happening here.
And are police not supposed to protect an unarmed person from a threat to their life?
Sure. But is the only way to intervene is to kill someone? For trained professionals the objective should be to quell the situation with no casualties.
And this folks is the result of an entire generation growing up on Harry Potter and video games.
There are no magic wands my friend.
That cop saved a life. Period.