If any cop does a lick of work for this point on, they are a moron.
In California.
Mehserle testified and she will too.
We’re about to see a serious stand down by the police. I know I would.
To me, it is pretty obvious that female cops generally (yeah like everything else there are exceptions which is why I say generally) present a greater risk of accidental shootings and unnecessary escalations of force. One reason for that is that they generally are at a greater risk of being physically overpowered by a violent criminal. Remember when cops’ first option for force was a billy club? A billy club won’t do much good for a lot of female cops. The escalation to shooting comes a lot faster. Well, I guess that is what society wants. (Put differently, bar bouncers aren’t allowed to shoot unruly patrons. Which is why you don’t see many tiny ones.) Ok, I realize posters will come out of the woodwork to tell of Broomhilda, their female friend or relative who could kick twenty guys’ butts at the same time. Whatever. My contention stands.
“Calvinball Law”
Why? If you shot and killed somebody by accident, they’d prosecute you as well.
Why should incompetent LEO get a pass?
Another dead criminal who tried to flee to avoid an arrest on an outstanding warrant. How many lives were saved by taking his?
Meanwhile, the person who murdered Ashley Babbitt, an unarmed woman whose only crime was being a white Trump supporter, will skate without even being identified.
What do you think was justice
Accidental discharge of your service weapon resulting in death is a crime
Regardless how much we hate the politics of it