Minneapolis Police Officer Won’t Be Charged In Deadly Amir Locke Shooting

 There has been a lot of discussion on policing in today's world and let me say I have seen the best and the worst of it. When we have situations like this there is going to be inflamed passions and arguments. People who line up for and against policing. This is a different kind of case as someone is holding a gun and that sort of changes the scenario of things. Everything gets heightened. It will be hard for some to get over this and I think we all feel some sadness when another life is lost (We as a society failed in some ways. Amirs life was important and I think of all the possibilities that a person could be.  Instead...there is death and that stops those possibilities permanently. 😢). However, it would be hard to blame this on anyone specifically (i.e. the officer) based upon what has been presented as most of us are likely to have reacted in this way under similar circumstances (The warrant itself and the method might be a completely different issue and we will have to wait to see what happens with civil filings. That appears to be a policy issue but may not specifically apply to this officer but could force change in how such warrants are served. There are risks involved so looking at information and historical data will tell us the success or failure of certain policies. Reviews are necessary feedback loops.  When done well we may be able to improve training and adjust policies to protect police lives, the "alleged" and those who are innocent bystanders. Sometimes we can find a better way while sometimes we can't. Yet if we don't know because we never took a macro look then we simply never looked. I think in this way we could start taking a local and national or international review at what is working and apply that as a standard. ) When things go bad we are talking about fractions of a second to think and respond. Barely enough time for the brain and hand to interact. Its sad and that doesn't take away from the need to continuously improve policing in this country. I support police and the concerns of protestors 100% and there is lots of room for honest discussion and growth. We can pray for a better tomorrow and we can pray our leaders see a need for shared solutions. Its a big and important issue if we want to stay competitive over the next few decades and likely a long time into the future. We need a common vision