Pathetic.

Seriously, I've encountered these kind of denialist reactions all over the place, and it so pisses me off.

It's not normal for cops to shoot at people in any civilized country ("not normal" as in "national news if it happens"), and for a country the size and nature of Iceland it's perfectly plausible (not to mention simply true) that this is the first time someone was killed by the police.

The ultra-violent American way of policing is the aberration here, not Iceland.