Logic, common sense missing in UChicago police shooting protest

A relatively small segment of the University of Chicago community is garnering much publicity calling for the defunding and disarming of the university's police force after their shooting of a student during his Tuesday night crime rampage. I wonder if they saw the horrific police body cam video of the student, in full psychotic mode, charging the backpedaling officer with a lead pipe. They should substitute their father or brother for the officer and ponder whether they'd want him to defend himself by firing a single, non lethal bullet. The officer's measured response mirrored textbook training on how to go the last possible foot backward to prevent great bodily harm to the law abiding public as well as himself. If that officer was unarmed, he might be the person lying in Northwestern Hospital instead of the pipe wielder. Worse, his relatives would be making funeral arrangements, and the headbasher would be a facing a murder charge. The lesson I valued most upon entering University of Chicago 55 years ago is to combine logical thinking with a dash of common sense. The protesters would do well to learn that lesson.