Suspected brisket thief dies after shot by Central Texas police at H-E-B

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19. I'm not being haughty.

I'm being sincere.
He was stealing something very expensive. It doesn't matter what it is, the store is going to call the police. If I stole a $20 bag of rock salt or a $12 bag of dog food, the store would call the police. The police would tell me to put down the thing I was stealing, and would arrest me for the attempted theft. That's what they do. And if I resisted arrest, they would use force to get my cooperation. If I used violence to resist arrest, they will respond with violence to protect themselves.
The police are there to enforce the law.
This guy broke the law. He took something that didn't belong to him. He could have just cooperated with the police, allowed himself to be arrested and fight it in court, if he felt he was wronged.
This isn't one of those "unarmed guy gets shot by racist cop" stories. This is a "criminal gets killed for threatening the police" story.
I know it's crazy, but I believe in paying for something I want, rather than just taking it.
I guess that's how I've managed to stay out of jail and not get shot by the police.