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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsShould police officers be liable for all damage...
... that happens to a person from the initiation of contact, through the arrest (if it happens), transport and eventual release?
If there are exceptions, what should they be?
brush
(53,475 posts)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)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)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)But the question of justification needs to be determined by more than just the police.