[DavidI]

Police work is dangerous, period. So is being a criminal. Both have their inherent risks. Cops try to minimize the dangers, but sometimes it is unavoidable. I personaly am leery about "no-knock" warrants because they present a high-risk to both sides. In some instances, they offset the danger in favor of the cops, and that is their intent when dealing with dangerous suspects. The element of surprise is the intent.

Having been the "point" on many entries, you have a fraction of a second to make the ultimate decision, which will then be reviewed for countless hours by many who have never made those type of decisions. This in not a bad thing because there has to be a checks and balance in our great society.

This is a difficult incident to evaluate without the entire package, which is most likely more than a 1,000 page volume.

The standard for evaluating a use of force is "objectively reasonable." That is, at the time of the incident and from the officer's point of view at that particular split second, was the use of force, deadly in this incident, "objectively reasonable?"

In any city, particularly the inner city, 98% of the community are good, hard-working people. I know first hand, having spent the majority of my 22+ year career there. They deserve to be protected from the predatory 2% criminal element.

To call this tragic shooting an "execution by cop" is foolish and naive. I usually stay out of these discussions because of the strong "net bangers," but what the hell........ David