From what I've read your last statement is completely wrong. Cops are trained to shoot even if the suspect has a pair of scissors in hand, within an estimated 20' distance, probably after demanding to drop the weapon. They are definately not trained to shoot only after being shot at.
Toronto cop charged with murder!!!
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That's about 1300 employees last count, including a lot of staff who don't work the street, so most beat cops don't and most definitely don't think the way you claim. I'm commenting on accuracy, not semantics.
If one had a mind that leaned towards conspiracies, one might think the very reason the charges were changed from Manslaughter to Murder is because proving the later is much more difficult than the former and most likely increases the chance of aquittal.
If you were charged with a crime that would result in your firing if found guilty, you would not be fired unless you were convicted. But you would still have to attend work.. while awaiting trial.
The point made is that it is easy to sit back and pick apart something that happened and tell everyone how it should have been done. It's easy to do unless you yourself have been there and then you realize that things just aren't cut and dry when you have to make split second decisions. It's like seeing a replay and pointing out what a bumbling idiot the ref is for blowing a call.
And yes, the very non-political crown attorneys' office. Don't they have a political overseer? The Attorney General?
Thank-you. Not charged by the police, but the civilian body.
