Quote:You have a very shallow view of the training and/or ability of a police officer, especially when it comes to physical confrontation.  Do you actually believe that a police officer is going to win a "fist fight" against anyone that they encounter?  I will tell you right now that the answer is absolutely not.  Just because they go through some training doesn't make them "expert fighters" or "super tough".

 

The training that goes on (at least when I went though it) is more defensive rather than offensive.

 

Again, as I stated earlier, a police officer should NEVER have to sustain an assault under any circumstances (in your case, take a few punches).  If someone wants to go down that road, then they should suffer the consequences for their actions.  If that means that the officer felt threatened enough to use deadly force, then so be it.  Perhaps the person killed should have not been beating up on a police officer.