Sometimes I wonder if cops should even have guns. Many other professionals have to resolve very similar highly-dangerous situations without them, like mental health professionals. We do it all the time.

Corollary: Shoot my child and then tell me to remain calm? You're only making matters worse. In effect, these tone-deaf reactions from politicians quietly act to actually escalate tension.

Did anyone really expect more from author of the racist 1994 crime bill? The man who refused to allow testimony supporting Anita Hill. The man who enabled Wall Street greed by voting to appeal Glass Steagall. The man who lied about his participation in the Civil Rights Movement

By the time your positive the other guy has a gun and is going to shoot you, it’s to late. Your dead. I can guarantee the number of sworn officers will drastically drop. Call 911 and nobody going to show up.

How about if one is 6ft 5 300lbs charging at you and has already assaulted you and attempted to get your gun?

I agree ... The Police Violence came first ... The Police Violence is still present ... and The Police Violence is being covered up ...

Absolutely should have said that. But unfortunately we know who he is.

those two statements are not mutually exclusive. the 'no justification for police violence' fails to account for situations where suspects are engaging in violence when officers arrive. no justification for killing unarmed citizens or looting as a form of protest? 100% agree.

Does that apply to the unarmed protester that was murdered by the Capitol police on January 6, 2021?

Architect of the crime bill. Enough said.