Doug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoFired Michigan cop's attorney argues 'fleeing felon' rule justified killing man who was lying face down on the ground by shooting him in the back of the headwww.detroitnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1222arrow-down1external-linkFired Michigan cop's attorney argues 'fleeing felon' rule justified killing man who was lying face down on the ground by shooting him in the back of the headwww.detroitnews.comDoug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMudface@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up86·1 year agoFleeing from the police should never be a justifiable reason to fire your weapon. The weapon is there to protect an officers life. Not as a tool of compliance
minus-squarequantumriff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down1·1 year agoWhen the town I lived in got tasers, we were told they would ONLY be a last resort, to keep an officer from needing to use a pistol to stop a threat. The very next quarter, their training mostly covered how to use it to get compliance from suspects…
minus-squareArbiterXero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·1 year agoThis seems to be EXACTLY what the police don’t understand. But if I’m being honest, I think the system is setup intentionally so that they blur the line.
Fleeing from the police should never be a justifiable reason to fire your weapon.
The weapon is there to protect an officers life. Not as a tool of compliance
When the town I lived in got tasers, we were told they would ONLY be a last resort, to keep an officer from needing to use a pistol to stop a threat. The very next quarter, their training mostly covered how to use it to get compliance from suspects…
This seems to be EXACTLY what the police don’t understand.
But if I’m being honest, I think the system is setup intentionally so that they blur the line.