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Originally Posted by choneofakind
Years ago, officers weren't trained to stick a gun in your back and throw you to the ground quite as readily. Don't get me wrong, I think the police get way too much bad PR and way too much hate from the public to the point that their job is stupid hard and stupid dangerous. But they really shouldn't be so aggressive, so quickly.
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You need some perspective on this from the police point of view: the entire country is armed with weapons designed to kill, and maybe 1% know how to use them safely.
This made the press because he erred on the side of caution, but he very easily could have made the press for worrying about public opinion and have gotten killed.
These incidents will escalate as long as more and more people can carry loaded guns around.