Look I think what this is going to boil down to is some stupid orders given at some point in the day, which basically went like this. "If the door gets breached, shoot". Like perhaps on the other side of that door was an unknown situation of protected peoples, and the coincidence of their position, combined with the timing of the doors glass being breached, lead to a police officer on the ground taking the shot. They were clearly overwhelmed by this situation, and probably not well trained for this. Think about the worst thing that's ever happened at the capital prior to this day. Staff were poorly managed, and the decision not to allow the national guard in to protect the building, was really bad. Also, people should never have been pushed to go down to the capital building. I watched live that day, and I felt we'd have had a better vote that day without the storming of the capital. The turning point, seemed to be Pence, and whilst people seem to hate the guy, at least he made a decision that was inline with his beliefs regardless of the consequence. We never really asked Pence whether this was what he wanted. I think forcing this on the guy was the wrong way to approach this, demanding that he take action when all the courts are completely against him leading up to this, and it was a no win situation.
His job wasn't to do what what was "in line with his beliefs". Nobody gives a fuck what his beliefs are, and your comments are a reflection of the catastrophic decline of regard for rationality in this culture. His job was to follow the law.
Look I think what this is going to boil down to is some stupid orders given at some point in the day, which basically went like this. "If the door gets breached, shoot". Like perhaps on the other side of that door was an unknown situation of protected peoples, and the coincidence of their position, combined with the timing of the doors glass being breached, lead to a police officer on the ground taking the shot. They were clearly overwhelmed by this situation, and probably not well trained for this. Think about the worst thing that's ever happened at the capital prior to this day. Staff were poorly managed, and the decision not to allow the national guard in to protect the building, was really bad. Also, people should never have been pushed to go down to the capital building. I watched live that day, and I felt we'd have had a better vote that day without the storming of the capital. The turning point, seemed to be Pence, and whilst people seem to hate the guy, at least he made a decision that was inline with his beliefs regardless of the consequence. We never really asked Pence whether this was what he wanted. I think forcing this on the guy was the wrong way to approach this, demanding that he take action when all the courts are completely against him leading up to this, and it was a no win situation.
His job wasn't to do what what was "in line with his beliefs". Nobody gives a fuck what his beliefs are, and your comments are a reflection of the catastrophic decline of regard for rationality in this culture. His job was to follow the law.