Can we please lighten up on the "stupid cop" comments? Think about the way violent criminals are being allowed to roam free no matter how many crimes they've committed, or how recently, and police officers have their hands tied a hundred different ways in dealing with criminals, and police officers never get the benefit of the doubt before cities get burned and looted and the officers get put on trial for murder. How many really intelligent, competent, well-suited-for-the-job people do you think are signing up to become police officers these days? Frankly, we're lucky to have anybody filling these positions, who isn't there for the sole purpose of deliberately abusing their authority for personal gain (think stealing drugs from dealers to resell them, demanding protection money from businesses, forcing prostitutes to provide unpaid sexual services in exchange for not getting arrested, arranging life-threatening beatings for anyone who "rats" on their corrupt activities, etc).

This officer was probably doing the best she could, with whatever combination of natural ability and training and experience she had. She panicked, and reached for the wrong weapon, and fired it. She's 48 and had been a police officer since she was 22. https://www.startribune.com/officer-who-fatally-shot-man-in-brooklyn-center-is-identified-as-25-year-veteran/600045243/ God only knows why she didn't quit this thankless job before now. The life she had is now effectively over, because she happened to cross paths with a young thug who had an outstanding warrant. The thug called his mama as he was being pulled over, and told her he was being pulled over because he had an air freshener dangling from his rearview mirror. Yeah, sure. https://www.wbay.com/2021/04/12/protests-erupt-after-minnesota-police-shoot-kill-man-in-traffic-stop-incident/