It's not a matter of how one wants to look at it, it's a matter of what actually happened. And what actually happened is you used the death of a police officer to hop on an opportunity to make a snide remark in a chat room. There was no comment on this thread about a rock for you to respond to, in fact.....you started the thread with said comment. You can justify it the way you want to, my call to look at it for what it is.
If that was your dead nephew in the article and someone used it to make a snide remark on a chat room, you'd be pissed as hell. Which....only makes your choice worse. But....it is your choice, do with it as you will. Have a good day.