>The police killed the guy. No one else. It honestly feels like we're stuck in some bad Nash Equilibrium. If criminals wouldn't have guns then the police would

>The police killed the guy. No one else. It honestly feels like we're stuck in some bad Nash Equilibrium. If criminals wouldn't have guns then the police would not have to engage with guns, but they do, so their best response is to engage with guns out and ready to fire. The amount of force used by the American police is literally mind-boggling to read about for a European (Netherlands, in particular). The whole gun culture is so insane. On the other hand, police got word from an armed hostage (!) situation, so it does make sense in a way. The police can't really say "Oh well it's probably a fake call, let's not engage with our guns." I'm so on the fence on this one, it's really sad and stupid that we have to have this conversation.