Prior restraint but it’s a law. Everyone saw this coming. “Marsy’s Laws” began popping up all over the nation, written to prevent the naming of crime victims, especially whe…
im somewhat torn in that i worked with many. these are fellow human beings... but all the bad stuff is true. there are handfuls of good cops here and there but there are absolutely bad cops almost everywhere, and theres nothing the 'good' cops can seemingly do about the bad cops without 'outing' themselves.
hence, acab.
the system is broken. it attracts both the worst and the best and turns them all into garbage.
The former would expand the definition of “crime victims” to include “law enforcement officers, correctional officers, or correctional probation officers who use deadly force in the course and scope of their employment or official duties.”
Republicans want to redefine cops who use deadly force as victims? Color me doubleplusunshocked.
Deadly force may only be used to stop a credible, criminal, imminent, threat of death or grievous bodily harm.
If you kill me while I am in the process of attacking you, you are, indeed, my victim, whether you are a random individual, or a sworn officer. The fact that I am the one who dies during that encounter does not mean that I am the victim.
Edit: Do people really not know the circumstances under which force may be used? Does the general public not understand the 6 conditions that must be met before lethal force can be justified?
Reasonable Person
Credible Threat
Criminal Threat
Imminent Threat
Severe Threat
Necessity
Cops don't get some special exception to this. These are the legal standards that they must abide by when using lethal force.
The bill defines all cops or correctional officers who use deadly force on duty as victims. Not just those who kill someone in the specific circumstance that you described.