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In reply to the discussion: Cop Who Allegedly Said ‘We Don’t Have Time For This’ Before Shooting Schizophrenic Teen Dead Has Bee [View all]JJChambers
(1,115 posts)Police boards regularly do find in favor of the officers because most police shootings are within policy. Most DAs and grand juries don't indicate police officers because most police shootings are justified. There are plenty of examples of officers who didn't follow policy being terminated and officers who violated the law being charged.
It most police shootings are within policy and legally justified, doesn't it make sense that most police shootings are cleared?
Why is it so hard for some on this board to accept the fact that there are bad people who do bad things and sometimes when these people cross paths with police, they end up (justifiably) shot? It's sad that there are also good people who do bad things or make mistakes and end up shot as a result of their own actions, but again, why blame police, acting appropriately, for a situation caused by the deceased to begin with?
Focus on the few true and legitimate cases of police a use of power, excessive force and misconduct. Don't paint with such a broad brush or else nothing positive will ever get done.