MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoCalifornia Cop Who Shot 18-Year-Old Had His Bodycam Off, But Surveillance Footage Captured Him Shooting Suspect in the Back as He Fledwiredposts.comexternal-linkmessage-square191fedilinkarrow-up11.06Karrow-down111cross-posted to: usauthoritarianism@lemmy.world
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minus-squarelittle_tuptup@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down8·8 months agoIf the suspect raises the stakes to endangering life, half measures don’t cut it. You have a gun out in front of an officer, I am not surprised when tensions rise and someone gets shot.
minus-squareCypher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 months agoShoot someone, who is not immediately threatening another person, in the back in Australia and you are going to jail even if you’re a cop. America has a broken justice system and dysfunctional police.
If the suspect raises the stakes to endangering life, half measures don’t cut it.
You have a gun out in front of an officer, I am not surprised when tensions rise and someone gets shot.
Shoot someone, who is not immediately threatening another person, in the back in Australia and you are going to jail even if you’re a cop.
America has a broken justice system and dysfunctional police.