his 19 years as an officer as a reason that he should get lesser sentence. >> listen, the defense counsel is doing what defense counsel's do. he's trying to point out the fact he's been a cop for 19 years. irrespective of the fact he's got other complaints against him. even the mother, i don't fault her for wanting to protect her son. she loves him. the bottom line is, he should be sentenced. he should get a very severe sentence, in my opinion. what he did was uncalled for. it doesn't matter about his 19 years of service even if it had all been honorable service. there's no excuse for what he did. this wasn't a situation where you had to make a split second decision or maybe you were fired upon or maybe your partner was fired upon, he had an armed