Don't hate the Policeman, hate the Law

Headline news. A kid who is not even old enough to watch NC16 movies gets shot by a policeman while trying to escape, mainly because he was driving his dad's car and that is obviously against the law. Now let me foremost say that my sympathies extend to the poor chap who shot the kid. First of all, it must be on his conscience. Secondly, this should be worsened by all the media frenzy, with everybody saying " Man, he was just a kid? Did you really have to do that?". However, I shall provide a two-sided argument here.

Firstly, let us see this matter from the parent's and critics' POV. Obviously, it was too harsh a action. Even first class maniacs and murderers don't get killed before their trials, right? Furthermore, it was a KID driving a car. Hardly red-alert. All the policeman had to do was order him to stop or chase after him. Why in the world did he have to KILL him?

Now, let us see this in the policeman's POV. the policeman was just doing his job. Why do you have to blame HIM? furthermore, if the kid had done nothing wrong, there was no need to escape from the policeman in the first place. What was the policeman to think? Obviously the kid had done something wrong and therefore tried. Also, it's not as if it's a hidden fact that Malaysia is "spammed" with criminals, from robbers with guns to gangsters with parangs. Obviously, for the safety of the rest of the population, our dear friend had no choice to do what he thought was his duty. I'm sure that although he IS a policeman, he does not love violence. So go easy on him and stop the criticism