There is nothing in the Constitution that either authorizes “police” or tells them what they can and can’t do.
The courts determined at some point that if the executive branch (whom the police work for) actually wants to “arrest” someone, they must tell them they have certain rights. Nowhere in the Constitution does it say that police have to do this - it was a creation of the courts.
Nowhere does the Constitution say that police must render aid - to anyone including someone they’ve shot. In fact, the USSC has ruled that police officers aren’t even obligated to help someone who is being victimized right in front of them. They can let someone they’ve shot bleed out and there would be zero *legal* consequence.
A police officer is nothing more than a citizen with a few more responsibilities and a *modicum* of training. Their rules of engagement should be exactly the same as a normal person - no more, no less. I would even say that as the only people authorized by government to use lethal force with relative impunity - they have an even greater responsibility to show restraint.
The “thin blue line, us against them” mentality is leading to a militaristic attitude - along with the same type of ROE - and that will only serve to further agitate the population.
Police officers - and the governments who haven’t reigned in and properly disciplined the bad apples - have done this to themselves.
We are going to disagree. I am not going to waste my time showing you where you are wrong.