I usually stay out of this kind of crap but this one I can't leave alone. I have lived in the law enforcement community most of my 54 years...and have NEVER known an officer with a throw away.

See, they go to work everyday, holidays included, KNOWING that somebody is out to kill them just because they wear a uniform. They just don't know when, where or who.

It's just as likely to be a 'routine' traffic stop as escaping armed robbers. Actually, more likely. A person beating the spouse, turns on the cops...or their own kids....I dare most of you to take that kind of stress for up to 12-14 hrs a day for 30 years.....

You know what? Law enforcemnt personell are PEOPLE and people make mistakes, especially under stress and spur of the moment decsions. In this case however, I don't think they made a mistake.