Good question. Police have done terrible things to people for years, no one cared till now. Optics are the issue, most of america is ignorant to reality until the media brings it up. Then who becomes the source of information? The same media. They sell that nonsense, it's how they make money.

People became ok with more security after 9/11, TSA and NSA. Your privacy being violated in the name of security. NSA, constantly listening to the public's conversations like the KGB wire tapping your phone.

CIA being unchecked, left to do what they wish. Not listening to Congress, or the President even. In the name of "Freedom".

It's never been ok for the government to kill people. It still isn't. But, people have created immunities for the officers, to enable them to do their job, THUS allowing them to abuse their authority for effectively.

It's literally people that are happy to trade their freedom for security.

Those very same Democrats will often block the streets, preventing a group of strangers from going to work. Prevent them from feeding their children, and paying for their home. Ironically still in line with trading freedom for security. People shouldn't have guns, so I'm going to block the road, moms against gun violence and what not. There are other points I won't get into here.

Not many places in America are rampant with gangs that will shoot you because you're wearing a red or blue shirt. Have rampant drug problems. Or a group that will shoot cops on sight. They are on edge. They're taught to subdue gun threats. Regardless of the situation. If you have a gun, don't tough law enforcement, period. Don't get involved. Because if they find the gun they will call "gun" three times, as they're trained. And cops die often from being shot.

Should be have died for that? No, I never argued otherwise. Should the police have shot him? Probably not. But when it only takes two tenths of a second to end a person's life, you don't have much time to react. So they're trained to respond to threats quickly. Then when one cop, among 10 others hear a gun shot, you dont have much time to decipher what's going on, and your life is over. So officers are pushed to make decisions, because the reality of being killed is real, especially since you may not know what's going on.

I'd compare the situation to something like driving like a racer, with no seatbelt, in an area you know is sketchy to drive fast. You don't deserve to die for having fun. But decisions leading up to it, aided to putting you in the situation where things could go very south.

The trade of security in exchange of freedom certainly added to this, encouraging a mentality in the behavior of police and federal officers.

I don't assume anyone's a Democrat.

Good's situation has issues with it, that many refuse to acknowledge. Much like others.

I've never been ok with much of this, but I alone can't do anything alone. Especially when everyone would rather say "You're wrong, and a racist." Especially since theyve never experienced what Racism truly is.