gitana1
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I used to work in a very reactive, contentious environment (with attorneys, imagine that). Anyway, I noticed that in my personal life, I reacted to everything in an adversarial manner, because that was the personality I was developing from my professional career. I interpreted everything as an "attack", even if it was just a question.
I can see how a police officer may respond to as interpreting something as a threat, but that doesn't justify or excuse the over reaction.
I switched jobs, and am a much nicer person now.![]()
The job title isn't what provides the excuse. Being a cop who gets knocked down from behind, in line to get food with your family, in the same county where a cop was shot in the head recently, also while in line to get food, IMO, it is an excuse. A moral excuse.
Context matters.
Again, it's not a legal defense but could mitigate.
And I wouldn't have a problem with that.
What I do have a problem with is different treatment from the outset. Covering up what happened. Not releasing the tape.
And with my belief that even when the evidence is incontrovertible, LE almost always gets away with unlawful shootings/killings of unarmed people.