How long before the sympathetic spin on the killer cop begins?

[BillZBubb]

Almost always after a killing like this the right starts an image campaign about the cop. We'll hear how "devastated" he is by the fact he was forced to kill someone. We'll hear how his family is suffering. We'll hear what a fine policeman he is. We'll hear of his military service, his church, his boy scouts involvement. Why, he's such a great human being he should be allowed to shoot anyone when he thinks it necessary!

I expect it to happen shortly after he is officially named as the shooter.

[FreakinDJ]

1. it already has started

[BeyondGeography]

2. It'll happen, but emptying your gun on an unarmed teen who has his hands up in surrender...

His defenders would do better to plead insanity. What triggered this again? Not walking on the sidewalk but on an empty street?

[BillZBubb]

4. I don't know about that. Zimmerman was stalking innocent Martin and murdered him.

He wasn't even a cop and he got away with it.

[Iggo]

8. Zimfuck was basically the only witness, though.

Not this time.

[JoePhilly]

3. Maybe he has a drinking problem.

I hear lots of cops have one.

Or a bad marriage.

Anger management issues.

History of violence.

[el_bryanto]

5. They probably will give that a go

but if it were easy to do they already would have released his info and started the campaign in my opinion.

There may be something about him that will come out that isn't going to play well.

Bryant

[herding cats]

6. He was bruised on his face in the altercation!

Which makes it perfectly justified to shoot the kid in the back and after he turned facing you with his hands up.

Seriously, that's what some RW sources are already saying.

[monmouth3]

7. Or, PTSD, a delayed reaction from his days in the military. Flashback, doncha know n/t

[Nye Bevan]

10. Or he could be a Mark Furhman type socipath,

with a history of racism and a known association with white supremacist groups. Possibly with a record containing previous incidents of misconduct on the job. I can't help suspecting that if he really was an upstanding, exemplary family man his name would have already been released.

[blkmusclmachine]

12. +1: "I expect it to happen shortly after he is officially named as the shooter."

He's the kinda guy you could go have a beer with...