For today in “American Policing is Totally OK,” a West Virginia police officer is fired after choosing not to shoot a (black) person he correctly believed was attempting suicide by cop. https://t.co/8hHxTwzxEI

— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) February 12, 2018

The concept of de-escalation is not only being discouraged in police departments, but actively and consistently punished…