Meow everyone, Well, last night, there was another anti police protest and yes, you guessed it already, the same people who seem to have more time than brains were the ones who organized and ran this event. This time, it was a protest about a very recent shooting involving a police officer and a young man who was wielding a knife on a street car. Now I am not going to speculate on what happened that result in such a tragic outcome, that is best left to professionals who investigate this. The loss of life is always a huge blow to the community an when its such a young life lost, it hits people hard. However, there is another side to this as well. In this case, it was a police officer who made the split second call to use his side arm. There are several videos of the event already posted online and while they show some things , they most certainly do not show the whole story. What brought this officer to make that split second call? Could it have been handled differently? These are are all rhetorical questions but ones that many are seeking to get answers to.
The officer in question, whom we do not know the identity of, is now on paid leave as a result. this is also normal after such an outcome. However, he is likely under a great of stress right now, second guessing his actions, playing it over in his mind as to whether he did the right thing or not, at the time. A life was lost, any human being would be playing this through their mind over and over and over and ………… He needs support as well. Policing is one of the most stressful jobs one can have and while the challenges are highly unique, so too are the rewards of success. However, when things do go wrong, as they sometimes do, they really go wrong. I think that the public has a right to know what took place, and will learn f it once the investigation is complete. I do, however, also need to remind people that since we do NOT know what took place , it is presumptuous for us to conclude that the cop must have been wrong.