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Originally Posted by Zeke
Then attack the law, not those who accurately enforce it.
Prior to 1985, you just needed a felony in progress...
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The law as you describe it grants wide, virtually limitless discretion to the officer. He may act as he feels necessary, based on what he believes, and he can believe what he may. But with such an unbounded field, with such freedom to act or not act, comes moral responsibility. That is, the law says neither that he must kill, nor that he must not. The choice is his.
Under such conditions, we surely must say the responsibility for the choice is his. Legally, he is virtually immune, but morally, he is utterly exposed. There is no shield for him.
10-22-2014, 10:30 PM
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