I understand many people's distrust of the law. The cops in my part of town spend way to much time harassing speeders and not enough time getting the thugs out of the wal-mart parking lot that pull on the ladies' clothes as they walk by.
Since I struggle w/ anger towards cops, I just remember that they are just as much of an a-hole as I am sometimes. I also try to remember that nobody ever calls them like "Hey officer ___, we're having an oyster roast and thought you might want to come over." No... on every call they are dealing with the stupidest, meanest people our country has to offer.
There is no excuse for this guy that got shot. Anyone who enables those like this guy or defends him, is part of the problem there are so many people acting like that. We are building a nation with little consequence for our actions.
This guy threatened a pile of cops that he would shoot them. We're not talking about him threatening his crack-head neighbor who he caught stealing his bike. - we're talking about a collection of people trained to protect the masses even if it comes at the price of one life.
It's a shame his life was needlessly wasted, but it wasn't "wasted" by the cops. It was wasted by him.