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    BK>>  It often frustrates me when the cop doesn't shoot when I think   
    BK>>  he should. What's the point of pointing the gun at him if you   
    BK>>  aren't prepared to use it?   
      
    BB> One factor may be all the investigation that follows when a   
    BB> cop shoots someone. First thing is they're slapped behind a   
    BB> desk, if not sent home.  Then IA gets in the mess, maybe   
    BB> legal stuff as well.   
      
    BK>  Every shooting by a cop leads to the cop being off the street,   
    BK>  and an investigation. OTOH, that's not all bad, and some places   
    BK>  the cop has to see a therapist. Killing someone is disturbing to   
    BK>  any decent person, even if the person deserved it.   
      
   Not sure about the therapy here, but they do get a desk job until the case is   
   reviewed.   
      
    BK>  That's the disgusting part of suicide by cop. Or turning in   
    BK>  front of a truck to commit suicide. You leave some innocent   
    BK>  person to live with the memory of killing someone.   
      
   Yup, cowards way out.     
      
    BB> That said, at times I think our cops shoot way too fast.   
    BB> Yesterday, thinking this rouge cop was here they shot at a   
    BB> couple of cars - wounding some lady. (Not the bad guy, BTW)   
    BB> so you know that's gonna be a big case and probably big   
    BB> bucks paid out.   
      
    BK>  The cops in NYC who shot a man who killed someone, but hit 9   
    BK>  innocent bystanders in the process, will be a long time in   
    BK>  discussion.   
      
    BK>  Still, after all these years, I remember the Kent State   
    BK>  shootings. Two of the four victims killed were not even part of   
    BK>  the protest, the protesters were on a hill, and the bullets went   
    BK>  over the hill and hit people on the other side.   
      
   Kent state seemed to be a major tipping point in turning the VN war. It was   
   losing support anyway and this didn't help.   
      
      
      
        
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