>>> When I was young, looters were shot on sight
Along with the occasional innocent bystander. The police are correct. Untrained undisciplined frightened civilians blasting away in panic isn’t a pretty thought. The trained ready Green Beret will be the exception, not the rule.
If the police think this maybe they should be more proactive with the problem.
True, but luckily it's a thought that is so nonsensical that it constitutes demagoguery. That cop is a prig, and apparently you are cut from the same cloth.