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Letter: It is difficult to criticize police in shooting situations

I read the recent Salt Lake Tribune story about the officers not being charged in the fatal shooting of the Glendale rapper, Cody Belgard.

Like anyone, I wondered initially how the police could have done this. Then I read the second paragraph, noting that Cody was probably holding a cell phone when he was shot.

I remembered the opportunity that I had some years back to take a nine-week Citizens Academy with Unified Police Department. One of the last classes was at the gun range where we got to experience a nearly 360-degree simulation.

My partner and I “entered” a warehouse where a young man came running at us, screaming something and holding something in his hand.