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Ohio deputy killed by father of 18-year-old fatally shot by police a day earlier (www.independent.co.uk)

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[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

"Charges" are a start. How many can you name who suffered the usual penalty for killing someone?

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Erik Hernandez, for shooting a man who was driving away when he was trying to stop and question him
Brad Lunsford, for shooting a man who was fighting with another officer
Andrew Buen, for shooting a man who had called for help but then was refusing to exit his vehicle and apparently in some kind of mental distress

All convicted this year. If you want to look at an incomplete list just of the ones that were convicted or plead guilty after being charged, going back into the past, there is one here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_officers_convicted_for_an_on-duty_killing_in_the_United_States

Maybe a more fair way to estimate is to look at the number of high-profile cases where, clearly, something terrible had happened, and then see what percentage of those involved charges for the cops. Tyre Nichols is the only one recently that I am aware of, and the cops got charges.

Before 2020, that percentage was way too low. After, as far as I know, it is a clear majority of the time. It should be 100%, but it's not. But if you talk to Lemmy, then the number is 0%, and that's just clearly objectively wrong.

Edit: 2020 not 2000