Ohio officer Jesse Kidder in New Richmond had refused to shoot a double murder suspect, begging, "shoot me." Michael Wilcox, 27, is accused of killing his girlfriend, and there is evidence he also murdered a friend of his. Kidder had backpedalled as Wilcox kept walking towards him with his hand in his pocket, begging him to shoot him. "Law enforcement officers all across the nation have to deal with split-second decisions that mean life or death. I wanted to be absolutely sure before I used deadly force," said Kidder. "I do not want to shoot you," is one of his repsonses to Wilcox.
This is an excellent, positive story that should be more popular than the negative ones about cops. It's not as popular as cases such as the Michael Brown one, among other ones that give cops a bad reputation. And cops deserve much more than the reputation the media gives them with negative stories like they do, because they are brave people that protect the rest of society. Yes, some are not so great cops, but there are many more thoughtful, courageous cops. Jesse Kidder is one of them.
I agree, the media today is so filled with negative stories and focused on separately different people: Republicans and Democrats, whites and blacks, etc. The media should be helping bring us together as a society instead of keeping us apart.
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