You'll shoot your eye out
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- Jan 21, 2011
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Sometimes you make life changing mistakes in an instant, being certain that you are doing exactly what you should. Both videos illustrate this.
A police officer has many more opportunities a day to make a bad decision than the average person. Just like us, their training and their experience and their personal demeanor all are factors. A circumstance where I even CONSIDER shooting a person is pretty rare. Police on the other hand are often coming into situations that I make every effort to avoid. It sure looks here like the first officers training got the better of him. The second officer made the exact opposite mistake. Both mistakes were deadly. If each one had been in the others shoes, There would be nothing to see here.
Both officers were decent people. The first one immediately recognized his error and expressed grief at what he had done. The second one plainly was hesitant to hurt somebody, even when they were asking for it. These aren't rogue cops. There is no abuse of authority or attempt to cover-up. I could easily rip on both of them but what is the point? This is not police misconduct, It is a horrible mistake made by people. While training looks to be a factor in the first, the same training would have saved the second cops life.
I have as much hatred for authority as the next guy. When a cop is crooked I can't wait to pile on the scorn. This..... This is just tragic. All of us run the same risk when we carry our guns with the thought of self defense, and most of us have a lot less experience and training than an officer. We could be starring in the same videos, making the same mistakes. The fact that the officer has done it RIGHT a hundred times, SHOULD be taken into consideration. If it was us, our percentage would be 1 for 1. Yes, WE would be judged more harshly than this officer. There are so many videos of rogue cops for us to pile on....... This is not one of them.
A police officer has many more opportunities a day to make a bad decision than the average person. Just like us, their training and their experience and their personal demeanor all are factors. A circumstance where I even CONSIDER shooting a person is pretty rare. Police on the other hand are often coming into situations that I make every effort to avoid. It sure looks here like the first officers training got the better of him. The second officer made the exact opposite mistake. Both mistakes were deadly. If each one had been in the others shoes, There would be nothing to see here.
Both officers were decent people. The first one immediately recognized his error and expressed grief at what he had done. The second one plainly was hesitant to hurt somebody, even when they were asking for it. These aren't rogue cops. There is no abuse of authority or attempt to cover-up. I could easily rip on both of them but what is the point? This is not police misconduct, It is a horrible mistake made by people. While training looks to be a factor in the first, the same training would have saved the second cops life.
I have as much hatred for authority as the next guy. When a cop is crooked I can't wait to pile on the scorn. This..... This is just tragic. All of us run the same risk when we carry our guns with the thought of self defense, and most of us have a lot less experience and training than an officer. We could be starring in the same videos, making the same mistakes. The fact that the officer has done it RIGHT a hundred times, SHOULD be taken into consideration. If it was us, our percentage would be 1 for 1. Yes, WE would be judged more harshly than this officer. There are so many videos of rogue cops for us to pile on....... This is not one of them.
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