Quit blaming the police for doing their job
BLUF - The police generally do a good job in a dangerous environment, but are unfairly blamed when thugs or the criminally insane endanger them or the people they are supposed to protect.
Just recently, in the Maryland suburbs of DC, an unbalanced individual arrived, entered a store, and attacked a shop employee with a length of pipe.
When he returned 3 days later with 2 knives, the shop employees recognized him and called the police. The police asked the individual to drop the knives and attempted to talk to him. The deranged perpetrator didn't comply and was threatening towards the officers. Backup police arrived, including an UNARMED supervisor. First the tried tazing him, then pepper spray, then a bean bag gun. N one of the lesser means worked and the perpetrator started advancing towards the UNARMED supervisor brandishing the knives. The armed police officers, to protect the UNARMED supervisor, shot and killed the perpetrator. I'd say "Job Well Done." But not the outraged citizens of Maryland. They were disappointed that a lesser means "had not been tried."
WABOS. They used 3 different non-lethal attempts before the deranged perpetrator moved to attack the UNARMED supervisor. Then they used deadly force to protect a fellow UNARMED officer from harm from an unbalanced and violent perpetrator. The fact that 10 officers opened fire may have been a bit high but he needed to be stopped using lethal force.
Whenever an armed thug gets shot in a confrontation with the police it is characterized as "AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING." I think these occurrences should be called "AN ARMED THUG INVOLVED SHOOTING." The thug precipitated the event, refused to follow police directions, and threatened the officers. The thug deserved to be shot.
"Hands Up, Don't Shoot" is a lie. The news reports I hear, on DC's Fox 5 news, frequently say "thankfully no one was injured." We need to train our police better; FIRST on when you should respond with deadly force; and SECOND when you use your weapon the perpetrator should get hit. In my Landmark Book on the FBI that I read as a  the FBI Agents were trained to shoot to kill. We need to relearn this pair of skills.I'm proud of the job our police officers do and we need to give them support and encouragement.