"We serve and protect." "We serve ourselves and protect our own." Some police forces have procedures where they do things like --keep their distance from agi

"We serve and protect." "We serve ourselves and protect our own." Some police forces have procedures where they do things like --keep their distance from agitated people. --warn them several times and try to talk them down. --then say "taser taser taser" before discharging the weapon. These seem like good procedures to follow. If I were to assault a person suffering from a condition such as "excited delerium syndrome", and that person died as a result of my assault, I would be guilty of a crime known as "felony murder." I'm pretty sure the legal priniciple is stated as "you take your victim as you find him." It's not a valid excuse to say, "I didn't know the guy had a heart problem" if he has a heart attack right after I assault him." And, if I say, "I knew he had a heart problem," then that makes my crime worse.