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#2Minneapolis Is Not Even A Close Call --A Lawsplainer On Officer-Involved Shootings
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#3The writer was a federal prosecutor for twenty-one years. This will be the government's argument in federal court.
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#5It did not appear to me that she attempted to run him over - just to get away.
So sad for the way your country is going, thanks to just one man and his sycophants or manipulators, and worried for the implications around the world.
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#6Legal justification and moral justification are two different things.
If you had time to draw and fire a gun, you presumably had time to take one step to the side? Does US law not contain anything about force being reasonable and proportionate?
And whilst the article says a law enforcement officer has powers to stop people in the US, do they not need probable cause to do so? Not a lawyer, just seen a few cop shows, so this is a genuine question not a statement.
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#7And/or/but...
"Letters from an American, January 10, 2026" https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-10-2026
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#8NO PERSON SHALL BE DEPRIVED OF LIFE, LIBERTY, OR PROPERTY WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW.
Period. 5th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.
When you sign up to be law enforcement, you are EXPECTED to lay your life down for the public good. Fearing for your life is not an excuse at all.
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#9NO PERSON SHALL BE DEPRIVED OF LIFE, LIBERTY, OR PROPERTY WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW. Period. 5th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. When you sign up to be law enforcement, you are EXPECTED to lay your life down for the public good. Fearing for your life is not an excuse at all.
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