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<blockquote data-quote="_CY_" data-source="post: 2734341" data-attributes="member: 7629"><p>Few prosecutions among thousands of fatal shootings by on-duty police</p><p></p><p>Mr. Brackney is among 54 officers charged over the past decade for fatally shooting someone while on duty, according to an analysis by The Washington Post and researchers at Bowling Green State University. This analysis, based on a wide range of public records and interviews with law enforcement, judicial and other legal experts, sought to identify for the first time every officer who faced charges for such shootings since 2005. These represent a small fraction of the thousands of fatal police shootings that have occurred across the country in that time.</p><p></p><p>Not that long ago, police had wide latitude to shoot fleeing felons. But a 1985 Supreme Court decision changed that. In Tennessee v. Garner, the justices ruled that it was not justifiable for officers to shoot simply to prevent a suspect’s escape. The suspect had to pose a significant threat of death or serious harm to either law enforcement or innocent bystanders for the shooting to be legally justified.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2015/04/13/Few-prosecutions-among-thousands-of-fatal-shootings-by-on-duty-police/201504130091" target="_blank">http://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2015/04/13/Few-prosecutions-among-thousands-of-fatal-shootings-by-on-duty-police/201504130091</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="_CY_, post: 2734341, member: 7629"] Few prosecutions among thousands of fatal shootings by on-duty police Mr. Brackney is among 54 officers charged over the past decade for fatally shooting someone while on duty, according to an analysis by The Washington Post and researchers at Bowling Green State University. This analysis, based on a wide range of public records and interviews with law enforcement, judicial and other legal experts, sought to identify for the first time every officer who faced charges for such shootings since 2005. These represent a small fraction of the thousands of fatal police shootings that have occurred across the country in that time. Not that long ago, police had wide latitude to shoot fleeing felons. But a 1985 Supreme Court decision changed that. In Tennessee v. Garner, the justices ruled that it was not justifiable for officers to shoot simply to prevent a suspect’s escape. The suspect had to pose a significant threat of death or serious harm to either law enforcement or innocent bystanders for the shooting to be legally justified. [url]http://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2015/04/13/Few-prosecutions-among-thousands-of-fatal-shootings-by-on-duty-police/201504130091[/url] [/QUOTE]
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