Bradenton, Fla., police officer hailed for pistol whipping burglar rather than using deadly force

[Lee-Lee]

2. That happens I'm in law enforcement every day and it just never makes the news

When I was a deputy I had dozens of times where lethal force would have been a legal option where I chose not to go that route.

This is literally a daily event in most agencies of any size that officers face situations that could have risen to deadly force but were handled otherwise.

That people see this as unusual or rare shows how out of touch with the reality of daily law enforcement people are, thanks to the media always highlighting the rare exceptions that go wrong without the context of the 9999+ times it doesn't go wrong.