What is the chance you are on the jury? When the DA is making political points prosecuting you as a racist and he offers you that murder 2 plea bargain it is the best you are going to get, unless you are a cop.
So you think that if you shot a handcuffed man armed with a box cutter 11 times the DA won't prosecute?
OK,tell me this, A buddy and you chase a 14 year old punk out of your house that he has broken into. While climbing a fence your bud falls and discharges his weapon. You then freak out and incorrectly conclude that he has been shot by the unarmed 14 year old who you proceed to plug in the back and kill. Do you think the DA is going to let you off?
OK how about this, you have an innocent 13 year old handcuffed face down on the floor at shotgun point. He has done nothing, mind you. You then shoot him in the back and claim it was an accident. Do you think the DA is going to let you off?
I will clue you in. You are going to jail and your family is going to be left destitute from the civil action that the DA is going to De-facto support by trying your case.
Here is what happens if you are a cop: You are cleared by the DA and returned to duty. Now I don't begrudge the police protection if the DA would protect law abiding citizens with the same zeal. You know what, he prosecutes them with the same zeal that he lets the cops go. That is not right.
Be angry at the DA then. You have a point, there's an attitude that cops have a right to weild deadly force but citizens don't. But I don't blame beat cops for this state of affairs.
Be angry at the DA then. You have a point, there's an attitude that cops have a right to weild deadly force but citizens don't. But I don't blame beat cops for this state of affairs.