
Originally Posted by
LittleFuzzy
I want there to not be a higher evidentiary standard to get cops convicted. I want their legal privilege to kill people toned down so we stop seeing so much of this. I want to remove the vastly expanded understanding of what "self-defense" means when it comes to cops on the job. "Self-defense" is supposed to be an affirmative defense, which means the defense is supposed to be able to prove it for it to be valid. If any of us had been in that cop's position, the shooting would not have been counted self-defense.