[asterix031]

...and there lies the conundrum.

We can accept that a decision made in a tenth of a second was a kill-or-be-killed decision by an officer, but at the very same time we cannot accept the loss of a life due to a series of failures by those employed to serve and protect.

Of course, we will account for human error, but at the very same time a person or a series of persons still need to be strongly held accountable otherwise next time you look out your window it will look like an all-out computer on-line wargame out there no matter where you live.

Seriously, if procedural failures and accidental deaths become too forgivable, everyone will sleep with one eye open and their gun at hand. I'm happy I don't have to.