Yeah, not disagreeing he had to make a decision, what we're arguing is that he made the WRONG one. General motto of any police department? Serve and Protect. PROTECT. As in PROTECT the population, as ingrate as they might be, part of the job. Please tell me where's the protection part when you shoot blindly through a door and you know nothing about the situation inside. Yes, he decided to do that, and yes, it was a bad decision that should be punished, he is a shame to the police officers profession. In this kind of situation you're supposed to keep your self control and react to the situation accordingly, which did not happen there.
The guy was not responding to someone knocking his door. He was responding to someone he had NO IDEA who they were, after he got harrassed, almost home-invaded, and with people rioting in front of his house. Police knocked without calling themselves out from the outside, which should be a standard IMO, the man thought he was threatened again by the same people and responded accordingly. I agree it was a stupid reaction, not denying that, but you say later that it was a good shot from the officer to shoot through the door. So, one man uses a gas gun through his door to protect himself from previous threats, you say it's bad. A police officer empties half a magazine through a door to protect himself from an unknown threat, you say it's good. Double standards much? You can't say that in one case it's good, and in one case it's bad, it doesn't make any sense, either you say both are good, or you say both are bad, it's as if you said "This guy was speeding on the highway, it's bad" because it's a guy who's late to his job interview, and then "This cop was speeding on the highway even though he was not in intervention, it's cool" because the officer is late for a interview with his captain.
Yeah, how unfortunate she got almost killed by people supposed to protect her. Then they are asked to trust the police.
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Just to keep that clear.