Re:New Mexico is the second state to ban qualified immunity
by torstenvl on Sunday April 11, 2021 @09:06AM
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It is a normal result to fear for your life when armed men storm your residence in the middle of the night.
If you are armed, it is a normal result to protect your home with force from such an invasion.
If the arrestee responds with armed force, it is a normal result that the police will do so as well.
If they do, it is certainly a foreseeable result that someone will end up dead.
By ordering a no-knock raid in the middle of the night, the mayor and police chief set up a situation where the arrestee's right of self-defense and the police officers' rights of self-defense are on a collision course.
Yes state is guilty too. But, seriously, you accept that death of innocent person in a raid is normal result of normal police behavior? Even if there is reason for no-knock raid, cops dont have to kill everything that moves.