leadcounsel wrote:
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If YOU, Joe civilian shot this kid, you'd be going straight to court and prison.
If YOU, Joe civilian can't shoot, then sure as heck a squad of cops who are PAID to take extra risks and disarm suspect and not shoot on the spot have a GREATER responsibility. Training, tactics, tools (Taser, anyone?).
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Agreed, and thus the problem. LE
should be held to a higher, or at the least, an
equal standard to the "civilian" CWP holder. Sadly, it seems the bar is much lower for LE, as are the penalties for a "bad shoot"
LockedBreech wrote:
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sometimes the police gravely overreact, and they should be penalized accordingly in such situations.
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That is the other part of the problem, this incident may be "armchair quarterbacked" by any and everyone,
but it will be investigated by the peers of the LEOs involved. There appears to be no citizens review board in place in Santa Rosa, despite public outcry for one. The "penalties" if there are any, will be "administrative" at the worst.
If LE had to face the same criminal charges as you or I would in such an incident, I suspect it might temper the way it unfolded.