Is it that people don’t actually care if someone else is murdered by police? Or is it that people are willing to accept murderous police on the job, if it allows them to believe that it reduces the chances of something bad happening to themselves or their children?
I don’t think most people actually like the idea of police killing innocents, but why are they willing to swallow it in the name of “this is the price we pay for safety and security”?
Most folks who support law enforcement don’t think of themselves as the “kind of people” who end up on the wrong end of a police bullet. They think they will be protected by police, and are not disabused of their delusion until/unless they are personally screwed over or someone they love is dead.
