That kind of shooting is inexcusable.
The criminal didn't appear to be targeting people on the street, just trying to get away. Once the cops made contact, the only threat was to themselves, and in trying to protect their own fat asses, they shot up 9 innocent people.
Anyone trying to defend that is a moron.
Precisely.
Last time I saw this much "cop sucking" on FReeRepublic, it was when the cop suckers were trying to defend Johann Meserve when he shot a face-down, restrained, kid in the back, and tried to claim he thought he was firing his taser.
(about as credible as coming home to find your spouse boning someone else, and claiming they thought it was you)