Actually, I dragged the commentary back to the most basic question posed by the op.
the most basic question of the OP was simply a matter if the cops were justified in the shooting, not your phantasm police state, photo-op of �bama, jerk-off-a-thon.
The only thing you dragged was your bromance with TRH out of the closet.
I found it chivalrous the way you parried me from showing the hypocrisy of your biggest "+1'er".
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The most basic question posed by the op and its answer:
Q: Why do we have armed and armored government goons running around almost willy nilly and killing folks and their pets and taking and breaking their property with near perfect impunity?
A: simple, armed robbery.
For centuries the State has robbed people at bayonet point and called it 'taxation.' ~ Murray Rothbard
This current evolution of State armed robbery and ancillary oppression is the worst America has ever suffered and has the potential of soon going world class.