Women shot during LAPD ex-cop manhunt had no warning, lawyer says

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32. Totally understandable--by that I mean, we can UNDERSTAND why they did it--

On edge, on guard duty, on the look out for a killer with a lot of deadly weapons and willing to shoot and kill police. To these guys they *were* at a checkpoint in Afghanistan--on the look out and prepared for someone they saw as a terrorist armed to the teeth and ready to kill them all.

Now, were they right to think that way? In a quiet Torrance neighborhood, no. They weren't right to think that way; it made them trigger happy, made them forget their training, made them paranoid and irrational. And, hence, they shot up a truck driven by two innocent women.

But I don't see how any of that makes what they did beyond understanding. It's very easy to UNDERSTAND why they started shooting. If we can understand why psychotic killers kill or terrorists plant bombs or soldiers under great stress might go on killing rampages we can certainly understand why these police started shooting.

That is what I meant by "understandable." Did you think I mean something else, because your response wasn't reasonable given what I said.