Why the US military usually punishes misconduct but police often close ranks

Re:Why the US military usually punishes misconduct but polic... by wildmusings on Friday June 26, 2020 @08:22PM (#23658468)

You're avoiding the point. "Reasonable officer" then. My point is that suspects aren't necessarily trying to kill when they give the police officer good reason to think that they are using unlawful force that that threatens someone's life.

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Re:Why the US military usually punishes misconduct but polic... by newacct583 on Friday June 26, 2020 @10:27PM (#23659043)

And MY point is that you are applying the wrong standard. Law enforcement policy needs to be aimed at optimizing the net good to society and not making individual police officers feel safer. Because the standard you want leads to horrifying rates of false positives where people end up dying needlessly.

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