Two Weird Things

Cops who kill or maim people because of inappropriate application of force - no matter what their intention was - should face long prison terms and an absolute forever banishment from any job having anything to do with law enforcement.

Also, cops are so fearful of people having guns that they act like they're in mortal danger every second of every shift - operating on the edge, and behaving in a manner far more befitting a post-apocalyptic dystopia than a nation of laws and lawful demeanor.

I put those together and I get common cause - like we should be able to agree that we need to do something about guns and gun culture and the macho bullshit that pervades American society now.

But it seems like all we get is more shitty behavior from everybody - like we're in some kind of dead-end intramural arms race, and the "winner" is the last surviving human. 

And that is nine kinds of fucked up right there.

shit's gotta change, dammit