I hardly aim to absolve them, Headband. In fact, if either had been captured instead of killed, I'd be calling for the death penalty. But, many men in the US today are troubled in a way that I can never quite put my finger on. SouthFlorida has alluded to it as well in a few of his posts. I'm trying to avoid stereotypes, but notwithstanding abortion practitioners, infanticide tends to be the province of women. In contrast, most mass murderers and police-killers in the US are male to a fault. WaPo recently provided its findings on the phenomenon of domestic mass shootings at 50 years of U.S. mass shootings.
What I'm struggling to find though is a detailed examination into the backgrounds of those who've taken the lives of members of law enforcement while on duty. Nevertheless, there's a very dignified site that remembers the often unsung heroes at the Officer Down Memorial Page.
There are no easy answers here, at least from my vantage point.
#FactsMatter...your feelings not so much.
Updated On: 7/18/16 at 12:23 PM