Daniel Shaver Shooting
If you haven't seen the body cam video of the police shooting of Daniel Shaver, I encourage you not to -- it's really disturbing. There are so many things wrong with it, but I guess since race is not a potential issue (the victim was white) it hasn't received as much attention as some other shootings. There are things to be said on both sides, and my opinion varies depending on the case. I thought the shooting of Philando Castile earlier this year was inexcusable; in other cases, police officers have had at least some reason for pulling the trigger quickly. It is very tricky to judge a shooting on its merits, even when captured on video. We (and juries) have to do it, of course, and we are right to make decisions for and against policemen for their actions, but it doesn't seem to me like we are going to make fundamental changes by jailing this or that cop for unjustified homicide. (That said, after the Castile and Shaver "not guilty" verdicts, I have...