Messrs. Mirengoff and Otis today pretend that police officers are not trained in what the Constitution, and our system of ordered liberty, under the law, contemplate — as to the balance of dangerousness, weighed against the entrusted power to use deadly force.

This is a more than pungent piece of garbage from those two.

Both of them well know, as now convicted murderer ex-officer Dixon knows… there is an express prohibition on using deadly force, against a fleeing suspect, for simple property crimes. And there was zero evidence that Dixon knew the man was dangerous, at the time, or that he had some priors.

In sum, the police MUST — if they cannot safely apprehend a property crime suspect not known to them to be armed and endangering the public or other officers, allow the suspect to flee, and call for backup.

That is, all law enforcement officers are trained not to fire at fleeing non lethal crime suspects.

This guy, Dixon instead… FIRED on the fleeing suspect, killing him and injuring others.

So this 25 year stint — like the one given Derek Chauvin (for murdering George Floyd, in Minneapolis), and those meted out to the Chicago officers in the LaQuan McDonald case… is for DETERRENCE, Paul.

It is to send a notice to bad (and good) cops, that they cannot be… executioners, where the threat of the suspect is small, compared to the probability that the cop will kill him/her, without any judicial process.

All of which is well settled criminal law — for over 50 years. Paul, and his nut job buddy Bill well know it. They just want a reason to howl into the dawn… about… nothing.

Out.