"Pete C." wrote:
>
> Anyone firing a gun, be they police or civilian, are responsible for
> where the bullets land. If it was a civilian doing the shooting of a
> legitimate bad guy and they unloaded the mag and struck 9 or 10 innocent
> bystanders they would be in jail. Police need to be held to the same or
> higher standards, not lower.

Police are held to very high standards. The lucky cops never have to fire a
gun. The ones that do are put on temporary suspension until a full
investigation is done. Cops are trained and are not crazy gunslingers. They
know that shooting will entail career consequences.

G.