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Judge finds police acted reasonably in shooting New Mexico man while at wrong address

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- Just in case someone needs to hear this, if you fear for your life, you're legally allowed to shoot and kill someone breaking into your house.
  This is totally not related to this situation though.
I wonder if the judge would feel the same way if it was their own house.
Of course they did. I would honestly be more shocked beyond belief if even one police officer faced consequences for their actions just once in this country. And no I don't mean the ones that get fired for whistleblowing on their fellow cops for being pieces of shit.
Police are given too much leverage, split their concerns by creating new government branches for what was once police concerns (emergency calling, civil crime, etc) and focus on reasons why crime happens and not the infinite chase to stop the criminal after it happens
- Ha ha good one. I've got another one: the cops are there to protect and serve the public.
Gosh if only police had a procedure for announcing their presence before someone opens the door so that person is less likely to hold a gun and get shot to death for answering the door in the middle of the night. Maybe it should be something like "this is the police"?
Shocked the headlines didn't report "Officers take paid mental health leave after being attacked by man with no active warrants, feared for life. Governor to award medals following return from paid leave"

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