Re, the Rayshard Brooks shooting in Atlanta, subject of our previous post…

A reader scorned the premise of a previous post, saying the perp was 18 ft away from the police officer when he was fatally shot…but that assumes no one else in the area.

(The point trying to be made was that a fleeing suspect presents no potential harm.)

Atlanta is a heavily populated city, and if anyone needs reminding, fast-food restaurants (like the Wendy’s, where this occurred) locate in heavy-traffic commercial areas.

A police officer, doing his duty, was attacked and had his taser taken away. The next victim could’ve been walking around a near corner, or driving down the busy street.

That officer had just been violently attacked…there was no way of knowing what – or who – that perpetrator’s next target would be…it was that officer’s responsibility to ensure the safety of not just himself, but everyone else in the immediate area.

As our previous post noted, a discharged taser is not ’empty’ and still has capability to discharge with potentially lethal force against the next victim – a fearsome possibility.

There’s always much more involved than just an officer and a perpetrator.

It’s a regretful thing that a fatality occurs, when NOT resisting arrest would’ve been a more desirable end to such a confrontation…a pity more people don’t recognize that.

Don’t resist arrest, and chances are situations won’t escalate.

Just sayin’…