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One of the reasons it is legal for a LEO to use deadly force to stop a fleeing felon not for self-defense, but to protect society from what that criminal *may* do in the future
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The part about 'may do' is totally incorrect and will land the LEO in prison.
Murder is defined as the taking of innocent life. It does not apply to klling soldiers in war, fighting terrorists, killing an intruder, or killing a person that is committing a violent crime against another.
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If Ted Bundy had walked on a technicality, would murdering him to save more women from being raped and killed be wrong?
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Yes, that is vigilantism. Unfortunately, we have a legal system that favors technicalities over justice. The purpose of the Bill of Rights is to protect the population as a whole, but at the expense of occasionally the guilty go free. It is not perfect, but it is better that occasionally a guilty person goes free than for an innocent person to be incarcerated.