There is no way of knowing how many lives John Hurley saved last week. There is no way to know how many people an unhinged shooter would have eventually killed after he cowardly executed an officer who had done nothing wrong. We can never really how many lives John Hurley was able to save in Arvada, but we do know that he loved people, perhaps even more than he loved himself. Hurley did not know the race of anyone involved when he heroically acted that day; he did not know what religion or social clubs anyone was involved in. He was not selectively trying to help anyone. He wanted to help everyone. Hurley did not even think before he grabbed his gun and sprang into action after hearing several rounds fired outside. He simply grabbed his gun, identified the shooter and took action. He was rewarded by police with an untimely death. Hurley's loved ones, needless to say, are quite upset by this. The criminal Hurley took out was likely looking for more police officers to kill because he passed up several passersby and was seen heading toward a squad car after his initial act. So, we do know that John Hurley saved police officers that day. We do know that without a doubt. We also know that, after screwing up the situation, the police ran some fake investigation into the incident to try to pass the buck. But the buck was too big to be passed this time. Hurley was not a black lives matter activists, nor was he an antifa member, and his criminal record is spotless. Hurley was your typical red blooded American patriot, yet he was automatically targeted and killed by police. Of course the police department has give its usual talk on the "stresses" of the job, that anyone would have acted the same in that situation, that it was just another accident. How much longer are we expected to accept such ridiculous responses? Officers are supposed to be trained to react to criminal behavior. Shooting a mass shooter in order to save lives is not criminal behavior; it is intelligent, which the police, more and more, are failing to be. Hurley should not have been killed that day and calling him a hero does not change that fact. There should be repercussions for this; arrests should be made. We cannot allow a good person such as Hurley to be chalked up as just another accident by police investigators. If we continue to ignore police negligence, how long will it be before the Breona Taylors and George Flyods of the world become the likes of you and I? Do you really think the defund the police movement is solely about race when we are now seeing our white brothers and sisters murdered just as we have seen our black and brown brothers and sisters murdered? Do you really believe that, if I was only interested in furthering the rights of people of color, that I would even cover this story? The problems with the police institution range from racism to downright authoritarianism. Let us not forget that there has been an uptick in all police shootings, though blacks have received the brunt end of this idiocy, white people are not immune. All that is required is catching the wrong cop on the wrong day and the chalk lines will be drawn, whether you are black or white. It is all well and good to pretend that more police are the answer, that having more cops will somehow make us safer; it is easy to admit that if you disregard stories such as this. But how much longer will you be able to do that before this whole ridiculous system comes crashing down? How many more cops do you need to see in court before your realize that defund the police was always about making our communities safer? My guess is there will never be enough. I do not have high hopes for the future of a nation that pays officers to murder good samaritans. I do not have much hope for a nation who reduces real systemic problems to petty political debates that only end up making the problems worse. Give the police more money if you are so inclined; but the blood will be on your hands.