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Don't you know police officer is the most dangerous job there is, behind pizza deliverer. I mean that shoplifter might have had a gun, that baby might have had a gun, that gun might have had a gun. You can never know. A cop sometimes has to make tough choices, and choosing not to shoot into that crowded parking lot might have been the worst choice in a terrible situation. Like this one where he might have missed the chance to shoot his gun for real, like in an action movie. At the BAD GUYS!
You forgot the part where he felt afraid for his life, so shooting everything in sight is a rational and expected response.
If it moves - shoot it. If it doesn't? Well that terror-baby could become posessed by a demon any second. Better use it as a target for practice before it eats your brains instead!
The reason we put so much trust in cops is because they are highly trained. And the most important thing that they learn is to be terrified of everything. The only way to stay safe is the ability to see even a harmless child as a danger. And if a cop can't shoot anything and everything indiscriminately without consequence, then none of us are safe.