Nah Toby, the public and media crucifies a cop over here if they shoot someone to defend themselves. You see it time and time again.
Not only would the officer have to come to grips with the fact they just killed someone, the media would drag them and their family through the news and papers, calling it "excessive force" and going on about how it wasn't necessary, basically calling for the cops head... without being there.
Screw sending our cops into some of the shit they have to deal with unarmed. It's not like the crims are unarmed.
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