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When Police commit Murder
Something happened that has raised a serious question i have about our rights and when police murder "suspects" under color of law. Recently, a 16 year old boy was supposedly burglarizing a home when a neighbor called police. 3 Officers showed up, a sergeant and two privates. 1 officer went to the backdoor and 2 went to the front and they instructed the teenager to come out. (This is all coming from the newspaper).Anyway,the officers supposedly&witnessed the teenager dart into the house when they showed up. They went inside (2 thru the front door and 1 at the back), it was dark and the&teenager supposedly rushed at the officers(notice the plural) coming thru the front door&and one of the officers shot and killed the teenager. Now, get this, the police report and the detective at the scene did not indicate whether the teenager had a weapon. The detective did say that there was something "that appeared to be a weapon laying there". Seems like the coverup is just starting. Now, i used to be in law enforcement, and the way all law enforcement officers are taught to apprehend someone is to use whats called graduated use of force. What that means is, you start off with verbal commands, then go to physical force only as a necessity, and deadly force is a no no unless your life is in jeapordy. This obviously raises questions, because the teenager supposedly rushed TWO officers, possibly without a weapon. They definitely had the ability to use physical force to take him down without going to deadly force. Now, with me knowing how the police work and from my experience, they are more than likely gonna cover this up. I want comments about the Constitutional and common law rights that we have as citizens in a situation like this. The only problem the teenager posed was he MAY have given them probable cause under common law because police can arrest under common law when they see a felony in progress. But the& question there is, the officers said the kid darted into the house AFTER they showed up. Man, a Johnny Cochran type lawyer would eat this up. Lastly, if this happened to a family member of yours and the government was acquitted, what type of remedy would you use in private to get restitution. Its not about the money,its about defending our rights to exist, thats whats under attack in this country and around the world.
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