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I thought you can only use deadly force if you fear for your life. A cop approaching you, or even physically grabbing you and moving you to a new location won't
by Thorrez 3y ago
I thought you can only use deadly force if you fear for your life. A cop approaching you, or even physically grabbing you and moving you to a new location won't kill you.
- Spivak 3y agoI don't know what you consider to be a credible threat to your life but those two examples make the top five for me. There is no one I will ever interact with that has a greater chance of ending my life than an on duty police officer. Not the least of which because a random civilian that kills me will for sure go to jail which can't be said for the cop. If a guy with the closest thing the real world has to a license to kill, who is doing something bad enough to warrant being recorded for later evidence, turns their attention to intimidate you or physically force you to stop — this is a person you believe yourself to be safe around?
- AnimalMuppet 3y agoTrying to apply "stand your ground" in such a situation almost certainly increases the odds that you will die. Look, I'm not condoning police violence or immunity. I'm just saying that, as a purely practical matter, if you fear for your life when you interact with police, trying to "stand your ground" does not make you safer. Quite the opposite.
- bavell 3y ago> There is no one I will ever interact with that has a greater chance of ending my life than an on duty police officer. So why in the world would you "stand your ground" in this scenario?? Perhaps you posted in the wrong comment thread?