david small - //Don't punish a man for doing his job. //
If - and I stress that no-one knows anything yet - this officer has shot someone with an unlicensed firearm, then he is not 'doing his job', and he fully deserves to be punished.
These gangsters live by the sword and should not bleat when they die by the sword. //
There is no 'bleating' going in here.
What separates the law keepers from the law breakers is the simple fact that the law keepers are accountable, and they have to be, they cannot be a viable protection force unless they are shown to be obeying the laws they uphold.
You cannot expect protection if you condemn the protector evertime a firearm situation occurs. //
No-one is 'condemning' anyone - the investigation is at an extremely early stage, and as most post have confirmed, we must wait and see what unfolds.