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Once more facts come out we'll see, but this could be a Murder 2. IANAL, and obviously the manslaughter is easier, but walking into someone else's house and the

by moate 8y ago

Once more facts come out we'll see, but this could be a Murder 2. IANAL, and obviously the manslaughter is easier, but walking into someone else's house and then shooting them because you were confused that you shouldn't be there seems like it could go either way. The cop didn't PLAN on murdering someone, but this wasn't really an accident/emotional distress thing either. This might be a rare situation where being a cop could work against the person. She's supposed to know how/when to wield deadly force, and not lose her cool.

onemoresoop 8y ago
Suspect (black) enters house next door where he kills the owner thinking it's his own house. What happens to suspect? Is he/she taken seriously that it was in accident? But maybe this was an accident, im sure the cop who did this screwed their life up, they might have some remorse too for killing an innocent neighboor. However, i see here 2 problems: (1) the justice for cops is different that the justice for the rest of the world (2) the police force is taught to use force and think later. Almost all these cases never end up with injured suspect, shot in the leg or something like that. It's allways shoot to kill. This is a HUGE problem
- natecavanaugh 8y ago
  > Almost all these cases never end up with injured suspect, shot in the leg or something like that. Having had many friends who are cops, they're not trained that way. You aim at the largest mass available, period. They're not trained to shoot legs or the gun out of someone's hands like the movies. The first motivation is protection via incapacitation. I do think a set up like Adam Corrolla's shotgun recipe would work for cops off duty: First round is a blank, second rubber, third a salt pellet round, and lethal rounds after that. If you can't scare or stop them with multiple levels of non lethal shots, save your life. This entire incident is just so sad in how pointless it was.

by moate 8y ago

onemoresoop 8y ago

Suspect (black) enters house next door where he kills the owner thinking it's his own house. What happens to suspect? Is he/she taken seriously that it was in accident? But maybe this was an accident, im sure the cop who did this screwed their life up, they might have some remorse too for killing an innocent neighboor. However, i see here 2 problems: (1) the justice for cops is different that the justice for the rest of the world (2) the police force is taught to use force and think later. Almost all these cases never end up with injured suspect, shot in the leg or something like that. It's allways shoot to kill. This is a HUGE problem

natecavanaugh 8y ago
> Almost all these cases never end up with injured suspect, shot in the leg or something like that. Having had many friends who are cops, they're not trained that way. You aim at the largest mass available, period. They're not trained to shoot legs or the gun out of someone's hands like the movies. The first motivation is protection via incapacitation. I do think a set up like Adam Corrolla's shotgun recipe would work for cops off duty: First round is a blank, second rubber, third a salt pellet round, and lethal rounds after that. If you can't scare or stop them with multiple levels of non lethal shots, save your life. This entire incident is just so sad in how pointless it was.