again, this is an example of how Voter ID laws are just a pretext for voter suppression. It is very easy to detect the double voting described above. Also, since the extra ballots were submitted by absentee for her close relatives voter id would not have impacted this case. Voter fraud is a very rare thing because the amount of influence one could gain vs the amount of jail one is risking does not add up. Any scheme of significant size should be easily identifiable.

Also, I'm not sure the fact that the "who had never fired their weapons on duty" deserves such highlighting. Is your argument that they should not have been on duty until they had fired their weapons while on duty? Logically all cops would have never fired their weapons on duty until they do.

I think the larger point is that if it's even difficult for police officers, who have much more stringent training and experience with stressful situations than the general public, to fire on a suspect without endangering those around them, why would you think members of the general public would be effective at stopping criminals without even larger collateral damage?