There is little to think through to agree that Tamir Rice, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks, Duante Wright and others to numerous to mention should be alive today and that it was the actions of the police that killed them
Tamir Rice was brandishing a replica firearm and pointing it at people. Certainly seemed that the cops response was reckless, driving right up to him and shooting fast, rather than holding back and asking him to stand down, but at the end of the day if someone is waving a gun around and pointing it at people there's a strong chance they're going to be shot.
Breonna Taylor was shot by cops responding to her boyfriend firing first. Again the case can be made that the number of shots they fired was excessive but its not unexpected that if you shoot first, that fire will be returned. Tragically she was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Rayshard Brooks resisted arrest, grabbed a police officers taser and fired at him. Tragic death, yes. But what is a cop expected to do when someone is firing a weapon at them? And it doesn't matter that it was "only a taser".
Duante Wright was resisting arrest and trying to drive away as the police were trying to arrest him. That doesn't warrant being shot, but as the body cam clearly shows it was a tragic and stupid error by the cop.
4 deaths. 3 of the victims were engaging in a crime at the time of their death.
Do the police need to take major action to address the over aggression on their ranks, yes of course.
But let's not pretend that the police (in the vast majority of cases) are just picking random strangers on the street and shooting them. Only Taylor kinda fits that category since her boyfriend felt that he was lawfully defending himself.
Whilst everyone runs around trying to dismantle the current policing system, who is figuring out why a 12 year old was walking the streets pointing a gun at strangers?