They don't exactly make him sound like Mother Theresa so I think they offer a fair assessment.

Plus when anyone dies, whoever they are, especially in such horrendous circumstances, it's natural not to paint them in a totally horrendous light.

He died because of Derek Chauvin's character. Not his own.

Me and her indoors have been discussing this in great detail, considering we are regular visitors to the US.
I am in no way condoning the actions of the Officer and he will, presumably, be punished accordingly. However, to be a serving Police Officer in a country where carrying guns is a common occurence, you must go to work everyday thinking "I may get shot today", so mentally this must play on your mind and affect them psychologically, a bit like troops in Afghanistan/Iraq. Troops get R&R after approx 6 months, maybe these Police Officers need the same. Do they get regular psychological assessments or counselling? I don't know, again just thoughts not condoning his actions

Does he ever put it away?

Oh that job lol. The one I haven’t referred to the past 12 hours.

COYP

Already out Rudi

"It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit

I totally agree about your mindset point. In a nation awash with guns, fight or flight can no doubt kick in. As a cop that then becomes the entire job at hand really; accurately assessing risk. Some can no doubt do that very well, others may well escalate nothing situations to a worrying or even fatal place. It also leaves the door open for a small percentage of the wrong kind of people to enter the police force knowing that they can be excessively forceful in the role and apply plausible deniability to their actions. The commendable brotherhood aspect embedded into this kind of risky job, unfortunately also often protects the bad apples.