First degree is pre-meditated. They should pay a price, but I highly doubt they planned to kill him before arriving.
They could not have killed a man who was already dead.
“They should pay a price, but I highly doubt they planned to kill him before arriving.”
I’m sure they’ll be sternly chastised and banned from donut shops for a whole week!
If they practiced on a “Grandfather” target, they were thinking about it beforehand.
Any idiot can pull a trigger or say “10-4”. A policeman MUST have discipline and good sense. If you put this police department in a dark warehouse, told them there was a “perp” inside, then shouted “BOO!” they’d probably gun each other down before it was all over.
Fire their entire chain of command. That’s what they do to the military, during war, with known, armed enemy shooting at the troops day & night and one of the soldiers shoots a civilian in error.
What is really disturbing about most of these incidents is that police act like thugs and burglars, then shoot anyone who opposes them.
This “I have to go home at the end of the shift”, is also a disturbing meme.
It translates to: I can shoot anyone that I think might be a threat, and you cannot shoot back or prosecute me.
Fortunately, I think that these incidents are rare.
Nah, they had murder on the mind. Besides, if the prosecution can’t prove that, they can always go to manslaughter at the last minute. ...What I know about the law could be written on a matchbook, with space left over for doodling.