[roel_v]

" it's about the police officer not being also held responsible, at least by the media."

Which one of these people, according to you, went into this whole ordeal with the idea "hey you know what, let's get this innocent man shot" :

   * the guy calling 911
   * the police office who ended up shooting

?

[fab13n]

I don't know for sure, but both are likely enough to warrant an investigation. Again, one's guiltiness doesn't make the other one innocent. The only reason I don't insist on falling like a ton of brick on Tyler is that it seems obvious to me, and it looks like everyone already agrees about that part.

Moreover, I don't care much about what happens to that individual cop (as long as he's banned from ever carrying a weapon he's proved himself unfit for). The guy is dead, too late. What I care about is exemplarity: I want the next cop in a similar situation to feel like "if I pull the trigger, my career, freedom and reputation are probably over". That seems a proportionate amount of skin in the game, before voluntarily taking a citizen's life.