There is a simple solution to Police killing citizens. Create clear statute that the shooting or death of any citizen by a police officer where the citizen is unarmed is a violation of that citizen's civil rights and due process under the 14th amendment to our constitution and that a Federal grand jury will convene within 21 days of the shooting to review the facts and determine if a civil rights indictment will issue.
The shootings would all but disappear within a year of creation of the statute, and alternative means of protecting officers not involving deadly force would be implemented. This is beyond stupid in the year 2014 and with ample cameras on the street that we are allowing these shootings to continue.
The shootings would all but disappear within a year of creation of the statute, and alternative means of protecting officers not involving deadly force would be implemented. This is beyond stupid in the year 2014 and with ample cameras on the street that we are allowing these shootings to continue.