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The point being...this is why I would never want to be a cop.
You need to make this split second, life or death decision...
Do you give the suspect the benefit of the doubt and risk never seeing your family again? I mean I assume the report went out over the radio that this guy had a gun. Knowing this, what would you do in that moment?
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At this point I'd rather soak my head in vat of Covid than be a cop.
You are risking your life every day in a society that has many cities or at least sections of cities plagued by violence.
You are held in lower regard than the criminals by a significant percentage of the population you are trying to protect.
If you make a split second mistake under extreme stress your life will be destroyed and is essentially over.
All that for a paycheck that won't even make you wealthy.
There are professional athletes that choke at the foul line at the end of basketball games but we expect cops to be perfect in life or death situations?
No rational person would defend irresponsible, incompetent, or racist behavior by cops, but the nature of policing is that the more violent an area, the more stressed the cops will be, the more confrontations there will be, and the more mistakes will be made. If people are really serious about fixing this problem they have to fix the cultural and economic problems that lead to crime. It's not all about race.
