Pretty much what I've been saying for years and decades. The standard (policy) should read use necessary force and not deadly force when the officer feels threatened (or so he says). I'm not asking the Cops to go out there and die. I'm suggesting they use minimum force, if practical.

Permanently damaging or even killing someone because you got a little sweaty chasing them, is in my opinion, not smart. You unnecessarily screw with (screw up) enough people and there is bound to be a backlash sooner or later.

I remain convinced that life is life and every life is just as important as any other. Sure Cops feel they should get special dispensation.

That person you unnecessarily screwed up or killed is likely to have relatives and friends you've just turned into enemies. You make enough enemies and the law of averages says you are bound to trigger some nut case sooner or later. I call it growing weeds. The better tactic may be to carefully weed, disturbing the surrounding plants as little as possible. Instead of slash and burn, trying to prove who has the bigger Huevos.

Some people just don't intimate worth a darn. And if they are reasonably proficient with a rifle, can put one in your ear at a hundred yards. The Police may be cultivating the worst sort of weeds and cultivating just what they say they are trying to eliminate (or incarcerate).