01 April, 2018

Sacramento Police Shooting of Stephon Clark Deeply Problematic | National Review

Sacramento Police Shooting of Stephon Clark Deeply Problematic | National Review: "It’s often said that cops have mere seconds to make life-and-death decisions, and that’s exactly right. But do you know who else has mere seconds? The suspect. A suspect who is far more likely to be frightened, confused, disturbed, or drunk than he is to be committed to killing cops.



 When we speak about police shootings, we often focus too much on the most basic question — was the shooting lawful — rather than the far more complex and ultimately more consequential question. Was the shooting proper? Is this how we want to train police to respond? Is this how we should conduct escalation of force in an American neighborhood?"



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