The grammar of police shootings

I found “The grammar of police shootings” to be an interesting article. I often see that when a police officer is involved in any kind of incident, the media portrays what they have done to be a mistake. We see however, through the power of Twitter, that this is not often the case. Many police officers have acted in disgusting manners towards people just based on their own bigotry or malicious intentions. Most news outlets though, do not really portray it this way. Like the article says “mistakes were made.” Police are able to get away with murder by means of a media safety net. The police officers are portrayed to be making a mistake or panicking, yet for some reason an untrained, regular civilian is not allowed to make a mistake or panic during confrontations with police officers.“While still in a position of cover, the officers encountered a male suspect who was armed with a weapon at which time an officer involved shooting occurred.” What I see here is that the LAPD are describing this incident in a very cautious manor. They don’t directly say that the officer shot at the suspect but they make it aware that this has happened. This is shifting the perspective of the person reading this incident, making it seem that the officer had no other choice but to defend himself by shooting at the suspect. This ties into “everything is in the language we do not use.” They leave out certain details in order to make themselves look better, their main goal being to protect their own image.