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Yesterday a man was killed by an officer in Louisiana. Headline: "Man shot by BRPD multiple times to chest and back; two officers placed on leave". How the hec
by a13n 10y ago
Yesterday a man was killed by an officer in Louisiana. Headline: "Man shot by BRPD multiple times to chest and back; two officers placed on leave".
How the heck is "leave" a punishment worthy of homicide? And why are these videos always recorded by witnesses rather than body cameras on the police?
If we want to stop this from happening then change the officer's punishment to be a prison sentence, strap a camera on every police officer, make the footage available to the public, and fire people when the camera "falls off" or is "obstructed".
- remarkEon 10y agoThey are placed on leave because, even for Cops, we afford them the presumption of innocence. They are on leave while the investigation proceeds. I'm noting this exogenous to the video evidence that's in the public record now, and that I still believe that leave is appropriate while an investigation proceeds. Otherwise what we have is mob rule. I'm by no means defending the conduct of the officers that we've seen in these videos, but rule of law matters here. Even for Cops.
- mirimir 10y agoThey're placed on leave because they might be guilty, I think. Because we want to keep trigger-happy cops off the street. If they're clearly guilty, they're fired, even before trial.