Union: Pistol-whipped detective didn't shoot attacker because of headlines

[Johnny Cupcakes]

Even if that cop were wearing a body cam, people would freak out over it if he had shot him. Why? Because the guy was unarmed and thus posed "no threat". The body can would have shown a big black guy moving aggressively toward the office and then the officer shooting him in the head. It would have looked like another scared, white, trigger-happy cop. People would not consider it justified unless the guy was already posing a serious threat, and a lot of people would not think that the line was crossed until the guy grabbed the officer's guy and started beating him with it.