Democracy -- good or bad

An officer in the Chicago police department is under investigation for shooting Robert A. Russ during what he intended to be a routine traffic stop. The officer tried to pull over Russ for driving "erratically."Russ refused to pull over. A five-mile pursuit followed culminating when Russ spun out of control forcing him to stop. When approached by the Police officer he refused to exit the car. The officer then smashed the car's tinted window …

…his college football accomplishments. How does that concern someone trying to disarm a police officer? This is similar to the story of Euphiletos and his trial of murder. By law, Euphiletos clearly did the correct thing. However, he still had to defend his actions because Eratosthenes' family wanted to do anything to hurt Euphiletos for (legally) killing Eratosthenes. Apparently selfish attitudes are just the same today as they were more than two thousand years ago.