Hyper-vigilant could be an understatement. Yet when a perpetrator is actually brandishing a weapon or using a weapon like a vehicle, some policy shift seems to appear.
@MadMike said it very well - the inconsistencies are apparent. A little more objective goal post establishment & application would go a long way & would ameliorate some of the negative racial issues seen in policing. I wouldn’t have criticized the cops if they shot the nutter doing performance art tai chi with the knife, he was well within striking range of the cops. But the potential of there being a weapon in a vehicle warrants multiple rounds being shot into someone else? Inconsistent.
Agree on the soft drug crimes. That’s such a cottage industry for the judicial system though. We are seeing some common sense in that regard, thankfully.