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<blockquote data-quote="Chuckie" data-source="post: 4109509" data-attributes="member: 42584">Where the problem comes in though is that, for example, an officer gets dinged for a &#039;bad shooting&#039; the most that usually happens is that he/she is fired from THAT department - that&#039;s it!&nbsp; Sure, he/she might be the subject of a CIVIL lawsuit, but criminally speaking, he/she usually walks free - then he/she goes out and gets hired by some other law enforcement agency in a different jurisdiction.Recent event: Off-duty cop wakes-up hearing someone in his kitchen, grabs his private sidearm, confronts the thieves as they run out the door, shoots both of them in his driveway as they are running away - good shooting hero officer.If you and I did the exact same shooting we would be charged with [at least] aggravated assault or even attempted murder because the perps were already fleeing when we shot them (i.e. fleeing thieves no longer posed an immediate threat to us).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chuckie, post: 4109509, member: 42584"] Where the problem comes in though is that, for example, an officer gets dinged for a 'bad shooting' the most that usually happens is that he/she is fired from THAT department - that's it! Sure, he/she might be the subject of a CIVIL lawsuit, but criminally speaking, he/she usually walks free - then he/she goes out and gets hired by some other law enforcement agency in a different jurisdiction. Recent event: Off-duty cop wakes-up hearing someone in his kitchen, grabs his private sidearm, confronts the thieves as they run out the door, shoots both of them in his driveway as they are running away - good shooting hero officer. If you and I did the [B]exact same shooting[/B] we would be charged with [at least] aggravated assault or even attempted murder because the perps were already fleeing when we shot them (i.e. fleeing thieves no longer posed an immediate threat to us). [/QUOTE]

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