because we want it to be true.

I actually believed this one might have been a tragic situation of the police making an understandable error in judgement. But, the story was stinky on many levels from the video evidence. One the Tamir Rice does not appear to be anywhere near 20 years old unless you think most 20 year olds are under 5 foot tall. They didn't have time to tell him anything or give him even a second to react. The dispatcher was terrible too and the person who actually took the call she was horrible. The whole damn system is rotten to the core.

big arrest/kill? For God's sake that child was in what looked to me like pretty much an empty part of the park. There was not immediate threat that I could see. There was no one else around in the entire video. Who were these "brave heroes" protecting? Whoever is training these cops is NOT doing an adequate job. The breakdown in the system starts with those who are teaching them.

If they are that afraid it is time to get rid of the whole lot and start again.

There are much more dangerous jobs that police officer, but the way they talk about it, you'd think it was a war. They're constantly claiming they were 'in fear for their life'.

If you scare that damned easily, you either need to change careers or accept the fact that this role you've chosen involves accepting a degree of risk.