I have great sympathy and admiration for the police. I can't think of a more stressful job in today's society. At the same time, here in Portland we appear to have an unusually large number of cases in which the police shoot at, and usually kill, unarmed citizens. A hearing is held, the police are exonerated, and citizens protest.
I don't understand why this has to happen. If we can put down a raging lion or rhino in the jungle with a dart, surely the police can put down a raging human without killing him. Technology should be able to solve this problem. I can understand the police responding to a threat, particularly given the considerable stress of their job and the large number of instances when they're fired upon at a traffic stop and such. But aren't there alternatives to shooting real bullets? Can't they subdue a threat, like a raging rhino in the jungle, without killing them?
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