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Very few of police shootings are straight up murder. The ones that were unjustified are usually criminally negligent homicide. Cops really aren't held to a low

Very few of police shootings are straight up murder. The ones that were unjustified are usually criminally negligent homicide. Cops really aren't held to a lower standard. They are held to the same standard, except they aren't required to retreat from a dangerous situation. Instead, they are forced by their job to confront it. Other professions that deal in high risk don't really face much criminal legal prosecution either. Doctors who kill their patients accidentally rarely face jail. The country does a terrible job training and preparing them for it. Another big issue is that cops have a pretty reasonable fear that suspects will be armed, which police in other countries don't really face.

ringaroundthetx 9y ago
They also have the luxury of investigating themselves, or withholding applicable information from the independent investigator, having the same hierarchical level as the prosecutor, and generally favorable view in a jury's eye. They also aren't held to the same standard, but I'm trying to level with you here. I hope pointing out inefficiencies doesn't irreparably bias me in this topic. Like, lets say this was a different country we cared less about: if I saw that system I would make fun of it or simply dismiss it as "corrupt".