"If he wanted to be helpful, a "I have a rifle in my car, should I get it?" would have been infinitely more helpful (and safer for all) than the more likely "You ain't shooting my bull" while brandishing a rifle scenario which played out."
Cops and cop suck-ups are allowed this type of speculation. It would go over better if you referred to the dead Rancher as a "perp". Any family members present are also "perps".
Cop critics, OTOH, are supposed to wait until "all the facts are in". If the facts put the cops in the wrong, then the media reported it wrong.
If the cop's boss [another cop] thinks he did wrong and fires him, he "threw him under the bus" to appease us, who are still "waiting on all the facts to come in".
This is just a brief synopsis of Campfire Rules with regard to cop threads.
Since you are new, I thought you might find it helpful.
