[DManA]

Not only do they claim he did nothing wrong, they claim it is a model for other piece of, I mean peace officers to follow.

but we teach our officers that they need to protect themselves in all situations,”

[dblshot]

protect and serve in that department must mean protect yourself first and serve later.

[skinkinthegrass]

"but we teach our officers that they need
to protect themselves in all situations,”there was a thread on FR, about a home invasion, in which a "caged" parakeet was (purposely) crushed...the LEOs did go home safety, the "caged" parakeet didn't survive the encounter.