If you or I made that “mistake,” we’d spend the next few decades in prison for attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, and a few other associated felonies.
The police get to go home and come back to work the next day.
In the military, rules for when deadly force was authorized were drilled into my head. Civilian police have even more restrictive rules than I did. The situation here met none of the requirements.
At this point, you are being intentionally dense. I will not respond to any more of your posts.
You fail.
At this point in time I'm not sure that statement is correct given some of the FUBAR orders/directives my little brother [Marines] had in Afghanistan, and the Dorner-ish incidents [the Costco guy's summary execution springs to mind].
If you or I made that “mistake,” we’d spend the next few decades in prison for attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, and a few other associated felonies.
Quite correct.
The police get to go home and come back to work the next day.
To be fair, they would likely come back after their paid administrative leave while they were "investigated" internally.