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Originally Posted by competentone
It is so easy to "Monday morning quarterback" such a situation; it's a hell of a lot different when you're the one in the thick of the situation when it's unfolding.
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You're absolutely right. We armchair quarterback the cops just the way we do a quarterback. If the quarterback keeps throwing interceptions, we want him out. In the case of cops, we need them to be better than us at what they do, just the same way we expect a doctor to be better at what he does, or an electrician at what he does. Fwiw, an electrician who is found negligent in a death can go to jail. So, comparing how a cop reacts to us in a given situation makes as much sense as comparing your average guy to an astronaut.
This cop made a huge mistake. People go to jail for making mistakes all the time. Is he a bad person? Don't know. But I do know he killed a handcuffed kid.