IMHO 30 years ago the officers would have waited for the rancher to dispatch the bull and thus would not have escalated.
Bingo. It's a massive change in American police culture that's at the root of the problem. How we fix that, I don't know, because it's just a symptom of much broader problems in the culture at large.
I actually agree with that, and I was a cop 30 years ago. I'm familiar with open range too...I lease the hunting rights on 10K acres of it. Funny how cattle on open range has an ear tag and a brand, but those in fences are unmarked and nobody owns them when they get out and wreck a car.
The only thing worse than a liberal is a liberal that thinks they're a conservative.
