Cub Driver wrote:

The cop knows that if he shoots someone, he will probably lose his
job; but if he doesn't shoot, he probably won't.

That was certainly the case at first. I thought I read that orders to shoot
looters went out a few days ago, though, and lethal force for the purpose of
defense has always been justified.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.