Not really. In Iceland they understand the man is crazy, the culture examines the underpinnings of crime, their prisons are for rehabilitation. In America, we practice punishment and retribution, he is a terrorist; a menace; the threat must be stopped.

Just because i think it seems to be an interesting fact:

Killed people by police in 2012:

  U.S.: 587
  Germany: 3

Even less in Canada or the UK.

(From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_killings_by_law_enforc... + the links at the bottom)

I don't study every press release by police but it strikes me as an unusual statement.

It's obvious enough why this would be the case. Keep in mind, in America police departments will be financially liable to the dead person's family if they admit an error, anything they say can be used against them in court, and shootings like this happen a lot.

I have never seen the police in the US apologize for anything.

> All the time?

Examples?