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RE: Supreme Court Rules Cops Can Kill Non-Threatening People As Long As They Say They Were Scared

in #news7 years ago

even if he cannot prove that the person he targeted was threatening him.

and yet the court said:

of which a reasonable person would have known

Because the standard is not if the officer felt scared, so them just saying they felt scared is not enough, the standard in cases of self defense is always whether a reasonable person in the same situation would be afraid.