8. "Discretion is the better part of valor." In response to In response to 7
Meaning power is only as good as it's judgment. No one respects a man who abuses women, children and animals. Why? It is an abuse of power. How is it any different for an armed man to assail the unarmed? Why let them off the hook?
Nobody asks what janay rice said or did to get punched in that elevator. It's irrelevant. It was an abuse of power.
There are steps in place to defuse conflict and bring in suspects alive and unharmed so they can face trials. That's how it works for other people. It should be the same for us.