A homeowner gets involved with a group of juveniles on his lawn. A confrontation occurs and the homeowner pulls a firearm from his waistband and fires a single shot into the ground. No one is injured in the confrontation. At best this is a local news story unless the homeowner happens to be an off […]
Monthly Archives: February 2017
Police Shootings of “Unarmed” suspects
The media’s use of the word “unarmed” in the high profile cases of police shootings as a catch phrase is simply inaccurate and enflames tragic incidents of police use of deadly force. It indicates that the suspect was not in possession of a firearm which, looking at two of the incidents, is simply wrong. In […]
Are police held to a different standard?
There has been an outcry across the country that police officers receive special treatment in the decision of whether criminal charges are appropriate in a use of force case. Police officers are, by necessity, given a different standard that other citizens for a valid reason. If a police officer were held to the same standard, […]