Police Officers "Trigger Happy"?

By Semperpapa

A lot of hoopla is being made in Anaheim, California about two police shootings that netted two gang bangers dead.
Am I really to worry about this? Cops are "trigger happy"?

Without even touching the subject of bad cops, which obviously exist just as there are bad doctors and engineers and firefighters and every other profession, the civilian population must understand what cops face every damn day of their work life.

When an emergency call comes in, the responding officers walk into an unknown environment that could be the last of their lives. It is easy to get outraged by some of the media crap that announces the scumbag shot was only armed with a BB gun. How ignorant to believe that a cop called to a "man with a gun" emergency in the middle of the night should have realized that the weapon the thug was holding was actually not a firearm, in the milliseconds that took for the scum to turn around and point it at the cop.

I am so tired of these bleeding heart liberals and the friends of the dead scum accusing the cops of being trigger happy, when the burden of survival actually falls on the person that is confronted by the cops.
The two dead gang bangers in Anaheim were known criminals with long violent rap sheets.
If their actions were innocent, than there should have been no reason for them to run away from the cops and act suspiciously.

On November 7, 2010, officer Ryan Bonaminio of the Riverside Police Dept., was chasing a suspicious individual in one of the city parks. the suspect ambushed him with a blunt object and knock him on the ground, proceeding to take Ryan's weapon and execute him with a shot in the head in spite of the officer's plea for his life.
That was the end of a good kid, an Army Veteran with multiple combat tours in Iraq. A son who just went to work that night to insure that the law abiding citizens of Riverside could sleep a little safer, but was cut down by a loser that thought his temporary freedom was worth another human life.
The bastard is now on death row, surely getting ready to enjoy the next 20-25 years of leisure at taxpayers' expenses, and surely receiving the support of other societal losers like Mike Farrell, while Ryan's family and friends remain with the devastating emptiness of a life taken away for no reason.

Ultimately, as previously stated, the burden of safety remains in the civilian hands. If I am stopped by a police officer and have nothing to hide, I will comply with the cop's requests. I know I have done nothing wrong and that I am a good person. That cop does not know me from Adam and he or she wants to go home that night.

So, to the folks in Anaheim I say this. Those gang bangers that were killed will not be able to victimize anyone else any more, including the same stupid idiots who are now protesting.

Just my thoughts!