QuantumSpecter@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoPolice pepper-sprayed and Tasered 93-year-old disabled man, court hearswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1309arrow-down14
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minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down2·15 days agoI actually agree on that morally, But I think legally they probably can’t be blamed. So I changed it to “maybe”.
minus-squaredalekcaan@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·14 days agoThere is such a thing as felony murder, where if someone dies as a result of you committing a felony, you are charged with their murder. These being cops, however, my money is on paid vacation and a transfer to a new department.
minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 days ago There is such a thing as felony murder, Seems fair to be at least somewhat responsible for the wider consequences of your actions. These being cops, however, my money is on paid vacation and a transfer to a new department. Yes this is probably the same everywhere, but IMO it’s turning things on their head when police is granted extreme leniency for criminal actions.
I actually agree on that morally, But I think legally they probably can’t be blamed.
So I changed it to “maybe”.
There is such a thing as felony murder, where if someone dies as a result of you committing a felony, you are charged with their murder. These being cops, however, my money is on paid vacation and a transfer to a new department.
Seems fair to be at least somewhat responsible for the wider consequences of your actions.
Yes this is probably the same everywhere, but IMO it’s turning things on their head when police is granted extreme leniency for criminal actions.