Would not a simple and careful stop with one officer approaching the car and questioning the occupants with another covering the scene with a shotgun probably have answered all questions and resulted in less trauma. But no, those guys were following their traing which was to take no chances and use maximum force. I could tell you about the woman in Minnesota who called the cops because her teenage son was threatening suicide, only to see the cops shoot him 5 times and kill him when he gestured at them with the steak knife he was holding. This stuff happens all the time. Recently in the town I live, two cops shot and killed a homeless man who was armed with a garden rake. He was shot at a distance of 15 feet. How was he going to hurt them with a garden rake at that distance?
Exactly, Joe. You are making some great points that need to be made more often. The guys who are calling you a nut are the one's who concern me.
