But what I&#x27;m saying isn&#x27;t putting their self-defense at &quot;the very lowest priority,&quot; it&#x27;s just putting it after correctly determining the suspect is an imminent mortal threat before deciding to kill them.<p>The police are after all are the ones with the experience and training: they shouldn&#x27;t ever be killing kids with toy guns or people with wallets, which they in fact are.  The thinking that enables that needs to change.