I am sure you will believe what you want to, but, as you say, police do have great responsibility, but soaking up a couple of bullets while waiting to see if a gun is real, shouldn’t be one of the requirements. And, there are bad cops, but to give credit to the testimony of a witness or witnesses who may be friends of the violator, or even maybe encouraged the violator to act, over the testimony of the officer isn’t right, either, IMO. Can you tell by looking at someone if they are 12 years old, and if they are going to try to kill you or not? It could be that the officer acted beyond his authority, but that is why we have grand juries. ALL homicides are reviewed by grand juries, at least here in Texas, and we have to accept their findings. The system may not be perfect every time, but if we give great responsibility to police, as you say, then we are responsible to see that they are treated fairly as well.
Neither is shooting a 12 year old.
And, there are bad cops, but to give credit to the testimony of a witness or witnesses who may be friends of the violator, or even maybe encouraged the violator to act, over the testimony of the officer isn’t right, either, IMO
The police supervisor who was talking to the press about this stated that the kid had made no threatening statements or gestures to the police or anyone else. If you can't believe the statements of the police supervisor then who can you believe?
It could be that the officer acted beyond his authority, but that is why we have grand juries.
And you honestly think a grand jury is going to indict the officer over this? Hell, most of the people on this thread believe the cop waited to long before shooting him. Nothing is going to happen to him.