Legionnaire
Contributing Member
I feel badly for all the officers involved. From the information shared thus far, it sounds like Toro did his thing "by the book." And I feel especially bad for him because of the trauma of discovering he shot a fellow officer.
Thinking about it, though, I disagree with the comments that seem to suggest that Toro should not have collapsed when he discovered this ... that he should feel no difference between shooting a "gremlin" versus a fellow officer "in the wrong." There's a big difference.
Imagine yourself coming upon and breaking up a violent assault by three men on a young woman. As you break it up, two of the perps get away; you tackle the third. You roll him over and discover ... it's your teenage son. What do you feel? The situation didn't change, but what do you experience? My sense is that a big part of it would be shock, disbelief, maybe a sense of betrayal ...
I imagine that Toro felt much the same. He could know he was absolutely right, and still feel the shock of the discovery. Seems completely natural to me, and in no way an indication that he necessarily valued the life of a fellow officer more than the life of the guy on the ground he might have just saved, or that he had been mistaken in is actions.
I feel for the guy.
Thinking about it, though, I disagree with the comments that seem to suggest that Toro should not have collapsed when he discovered this ... that he should feel no difference between shooting a "gremlin" versus a fellow officer "in the wrong." There's a big difference.
Imagine yourself coming upon and breaking up a violent assault by three men on a young woman. As you break it up, two of the perps get away; you tackle the third. You roll him over and discover ... it's your teenage son. What do you feel? The situation didn't change, but what do you experience? My sense is that a big part of it would be shock, disbelief, maybe a sense of betrayal ...
I imagine that Toro felt much the same. He could know he was absolutely right, and still feel the shock of the discovery. Seems completely natural to me, and in no way an indication that he necessarily valued the life of a fellow officer more than the life of the guy on the ground he might have just saved, or that he had been mistaken in is actions.
I feel for the guy.