First of all, you're not fooling anybody. Your adjectives you use to describe the cops (trigger happy, negligent) tell us all we need to know. Then you tell us about your speeding ticket that you got and the judge or cop didn't want to hear your excuse. Then you say you'll never trust the NY cops ever again, depsite the FACT that NY cops fire their weapons FAR LESS then other departments and based on a couple of isolated incidents. You gonna bring up Amadou Diallo now? It was 9 years ago.
Procedural ERRORS are not criminal acts. And saying you're sorry does not do anything other then express remorse for your actions. It does NOT make them criminal.
And by the way, cops could care less if you like them, trust them, admire them, hate them, or want to be one of them. When you are directed to do something by one, you do it. Failure to follow instructions can cause bad things to happen. And why don't you explain (since you're obviously an expert) how these "trigger happy" cops made it through 15 years in some of the worst neighborhoods in America, while responding to tens of thousands of man with a gun calls, shots fired calls, robbery in prgress, etc, and take hundreds of guns off the streets, while NEVER firing a shot?
"Civilians are held to a far greater degree of scrutiny and accountability when it comes to the discharge of a weapon at a person. Cops are not held to this same degree of scrutiny and accountability."
Hoo Boy! You have NO idea how wrong you are! Cops are limited in what they carry, and how they use them. Civilians aren't even CLOSE to the same level of scrutiny that a cop gets. The first thing they do when a cop gets into a shooting is pull out his shooting range scores. My old TO used to kick our asses if we shot more than 85 during requals. Keep racking up those 100's at paper and it will bite you in the ass if you ever DO get into a shooting. EVERY complaint you ever got, whether justifed or not, is used against them. A duty captain immediately removes ALL weapons you own (inclusing rifles and shotguns) if you fire your weapon after a shooting. If you legally own the gun you use to shoot someone, you don't say a thing and you call a lawyer. Cops are COMPLELLED to answer questions that may incriminate them within 48 hours, and even if they DO beat the criminal charges, they can still look forward to deptartment charges, where they can lose their job even though they've been found innocent, and of course the ever present civil rights violations!
Go shoot some paper at the range. It won't shoot back, tough guy.