“I do.”
“Why?”
“Citizens don’t like it when a cop is too handy with a gun. Kleinsmidt was looking for Pug, and Kleinsmidt was sore. Pug was handy with his fists, and wasn’t in any mood to be pushed around.”
“But Kleinsmidt could have claimed it was a self-defense no matter what had happened.”
“Uh huh.”
“Donald, that’s not the way to treat me. What’s wrong with what I’m telling you?”
I said, “Pug was unarmed. He was in his house. It was something which would pass for that with a jury. An officer is supposed to be able to take an unarmed man without anything more than a sap.”
“But Pug was a good fighter.”
“An officer is supposed to be able to take an unarmed man.”
“What makes you think Kleinsmidt did it?”