While some police agencies are moving more toward de-escalation and conflict resolution, there's a competing philosophy pushed by personalities like Grossman that cops aren't killing enough people and need to act more instinctively — to move beyond fear or reservation when taking a human life.
"It sounds like all that cops are going to do now if someone is robbed, mugged or shot is take a report, and that's it," the officer said.
Like the sweeping charge that cops routinely "testalie," the injection of race may work to hang the jury or even to acquit Simpson.
One answer to that question is that the jurors, like most Americans, probably thought that cops are generally almost always right.
I like that the cops figure out who did it and why without much of a fuss, but the means and manner in which the three suspects are freed and Riley North is traumatized in court feel wholly fantastical to the point of farce.
However, it's important that there is a dialogue where you go, "Hey, that cop looked like he was terrified, and hey, how would I have acted if I were him?" What does this project say about policing?
(Yes, you do sound like that cop).
Of course one would like to think that cops want to cut crime, but unfortunately, this is not a sufficient motive to convince experienced officials to change practices which have worked for them, if not for the public.
He liked the cops so much that he tracked them down later to fulfill their initial request to perform a few magic tricks for them.
