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Should police officers be liable for all damage... (Original Post) TipTok Jul 2016 OP
If they are in police custody the officer or officers are responsible for their safety brush Jul 2016 #1
Thinking about it earlier... TipTok Jul 2016 #4
No - got to figure sometimes the person may act in such a way that some sort of force jmg257 Jul 2016 #2
Only if the force is unjustified mythology Jul 2016 #3

brush

(53,475 posts)
1. If they are in police custody the officer or officers are responsible for their safety
Wed Jul 13, 2016, 01:12 PM
Jul 2016

That's a no-brainer — except apparently in the Freddie Gray case.

Those officers are being found not guilty even though Gray died in their custody.

 

TipTok

(2,474 posts)
4. Thinking about it earlier...
Wed Jul 13, 2016, 02:16 PM
Jul 2016

I was thinking about the spectrum of possibilities...

Ranging from outright excessive force to heart attack from the stress and falls over dead.

It is rarely black and white.

jmg257

(11,996 posts)
2. No - got to figure sometimes the person may act in such a way that some sort of force
Wed Jul 13, 2016, 01:14 PM
Jul 2016

is justified to be used against them. Officers should not be liable for "damage" that occurs from the necessary use of force.

If such force is misused, misapplied, etc., then it makes more sense to hold the PO liable.

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
3. Only if the force is unjustified
Wed Jul 13, 2016, 01:34 PM
Jul 2016

But the question of justification needs to be determined by more than just the police.

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