Why do we take the bait?

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76. I agree with you. It's not right to allow anyone to be tried in the press...

It is tragic that we have young people shot down in the streets, but we romanticize the shooting and the car chases and the heroics of police officers on everything from 'Cops' (the TV show) to John McClain (Bruce Willis) in the 'Die Hard' movies.

When we have media that puts the cop that won't follow the rules on a pedestal - it's bound to attract the wrong folks.

It is like Bergdahl and in this instance it is liberals who are allowing the media to manipulate them. It is my hope that this will wake people up to the problem (much as Robin Williams death brought the seriousness of depression to the nations attention), but it should be about the victim and how this kind of thing happens too frequently to certain kinds of people and it shouldn't be about what kind of punishment is appropriate for the cop. After all - among the arguments against the death penalty is that it does not work as a deterrent.

We need to encourage cops to do the right thing - not threaten to kill them if they are ACCUSED of doing the wrong thing.