LP’s argument , distilled to its essence, is anyone who does not meet his standard if “innocence “ deserves whatever outcome the police mete out. While notion that a lack of pure innocence is a valid excuse for the killing of an uninvolved unarmed civilian by the police is an authoritarian’s wet dream, it should be a nightmare to a decent person.
The officers that entered didn't know about the lie.
Assuming that is true, it doesn’t negate the fact the warrant was illegally obtained and they had no right to be there.
Doesn’t change the facts: they were supposedly looking for someone already in custody. They killed a sleeping woman. They endangered the lives of neighbors in other apartments.
It's very difficult for someone else to remove an officer's firearm while it is still holstered. They are designed to prevent exactly that. I've seen one officer say he actually has to put on his gun belt to remove the gun from the holster.
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The officers that entered did so in the good faith belief that their actions were legal.
You keep repeating that. But it doesn’t make it right nor ought it make their actions legal.
But neither does it make the shooting illegal. Self defense is evaluated based on what a reasonable person would believe the situation to be. They believed they had legal permission to be there, thus responding to the threat was legal.
What part of good police training has police officers firing blindly through doors and windows where they cannot see what is on the other side, in an apartment building where there is a high likelihood of hitting uninvolved residents? Who, given the hour are likely to be sleeping?
If you had actually read my comment, you’d know it is not a rebuttal to the clear idea that it ought not make it legal. It was wrong. Their lousy markmanship killed an innocent bystander. Those officers should only be employed in prison while doing time.
What evidence do you have that it was "lousy marksmanship"? They had a 9mm handgun, not a sniper rifle, and BT was right next to the shooter.
Ms Taylor was not a target and she was shot to death by the police. And their target - Kenneth Walker is alive. That is blatant lousy markmenship.
Please stop with these generalizations. You cannot find a quote from me that corresponds to that observation because I have never said or though such a stupid thing. On the. contrary, I think police should be better trained and better paid and better supervised and better held accountable.Derec said:
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what else would he shoot her in the head with?
The cop’s saying “what else would we do?” Highlights the issues with police training that need addressing in this country.
My first reaction as well.
