Unless you PERSONALLY know that cop, that is all nothing more than assertion pulled out of thin air.Even without charges, even exonerated - as was pretty justified in those circumstances - the cop will remember killing a decent person for the rest of his life. The officer is going to need therapy, and get it from the department. He will likely quit and find another job in not too long.
So why can't cops be held accountable?
It's like they get a special pass because they were scared and they killed some one.
It's bs, a citizen on the street would be charged.
There has to be accountability for police, our communities are not war zones with open rules of engagement. The cop killed a person and will not stand charges of any kind.
They are. The incident was fully investigated.So why can't cops be held accountable?
It was decided that the all of the requirements for lawful self defense were met.It's like they get a special pass because they were scared and they killed some one.
That statement shows a lack of understanding of use of force law.It's bs, a citizen on the street would be charged.
They are. The incident was fully investigated.
It was decided that the all of the requirements for lawful self defense were met.
That statement shows a lack of understanding of use of force law.
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The United States does not have a national police force with uniform and consistent standards of conduct. Police are purely a state and local matter.Police today are under more scrutiny than I can remember in my lifetime. With cameras in so many places and people taking videos of their interactions with the public combined with the current war on police to say there's no accountability is just silly.
Why?Name one instance in which a cop was killed by a citizen in which that citizen walked away no charges.
The United States does not have a national police force with uniform and consistent standards of conduct. Police are purely a state and local matter.
In some jurisdictions police are held accountable for their actions. In others they are not.
Significant but not dispositive.We may not have a national police force, but we do have a national media, much of which is anti police and often does nationalize police shootings. The pressure to then prosecute those officers is then significant.
Significant but not dispositive.
If the local authorities choose to look the other way, the national media can say whatever they want. Nothing will be done. And that of course leaves aside the fact that the media protects those with whom it feels an affinity. It will ignore police misconduct, or at the very least soft peddle it if it would be embarrassing to those in charge, with whom they are aligned.
Ashlii Babbitt. Where the killing is mentioned at all, the man who shot her is being hailed as a hero.In theory, maybe, but I don't remember the last time the MSM (CNN, MSNBC, NYT, etc) sided with the police. If it did happen recently it was an anomaly.
Ashlii Babbitt. Where the killing is mentioned at all, the man who shot her is being hailed as a hero.
They don't have to side with the police. They just have to remain silent.
Likewise you cannot generalize that they WILL be held accountable. It's purely a state and local matter, which is subject to change over time and is entirely subject to the political situation prevailing in that particular jurisdiction.Agreed, and it was an anomaly due to her political leanings not aligning with the MSM's. My point is that generalizations in this thread claiming the police get special passes and are not held accountable when they shoot citizens is false.
One incident, absent relevant facts, would "shatter your theory"? Oh boy.Well that would shatter my theory that there is a double standard regarding homicide as has been seen the last 2 years.
Okay then, end of story.I get that the situation had all the components to satisfy a justifiable homicide on the surface, I am not stupid. That's why he walked.
If one shoots a uniformed officer at a crime scene it would be hard to imagine a self defense justification, but it is possible. Why do you think that relevant here?The cop still killed an innocent US citizen, if a "defender" had killed a cop in uniform or plain clothes that citizen would be fried
Likewise you cannot generalize that they WILL be held accountable.
Oh wow THE COPS GET AWAY WITH IT AGAIN.
John "I back the blue" Doe is smiling with pride today because this is "reasonable".
So why can't cops be held accountable?
It's like they get a special pass because they were scared and they killed some one.
It's bs, a citizen on the street would be charged.
Well that would shatter my theory that there is a double standard regarding homicide as has been seen the last 2 years.
I get that the situation had all the components to satisfy a justifiable homicide on the surface, I am not stupid. That's why he walked
The cop still killed an innocent US citizen, if a "defender" had killed a cop in uniform or plain clothes that citizen would be fried
You haven't been paying much attention to the news in recent years.The problem I have is that, so close to always as makes no difference, that when a police officer shoots someone dead, the shooting is ruled justified and proper. Apparently police officers are pretty much perfect in that respect.
You haven't been paying much attention to the news in recent years.