Random thought while watching tv. If a police officer kills somebody wrongly under order, who is to

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Just a random thing that occured to me while watching a police drama on tv

if a police marksman takes the shot on a target and kills them, and is later found to have shot that person where there was no in fact danger to life, who is to blame ?

The officer for giving the order or the fireamrs officer for not using their own powers of decision ?
 
Well it appears no one, given what happened to that nice Brazilian chap who got his head obliterated for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and looking a bit non-whitey.

I don't believe anyone served any jail time for it, at no level within the organisation.
 
No one is to blame unless there can be proof of negligence. But given we live in a PC state then i am sure someone will be held to blame just so that our police force can be nullified even more.
 
Nathan said:
Can not be ordered to use force. Especially lethal.
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is the whole "take the shot" thing seen in the movies just make believe then ?

curious as to who actually takes the decisions in this type of scenario, is it all on the marksman ?
 
Hikari Kisugi said:
Well it appears no one, given what happened to that nice Brazilian chap who got his head obliterated for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and looking a bit non-whitey.

I don't believe anyone served any jail time for it, at no level within the organisation.
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Perhaps there was a reason nobody went to jail have you thought that could be because it was a split second wrong decision mistake.
As you're implying he was shot because he was "non whitey" have you thought you may have a slight problem.
Have you ever made a mistake ?
 
guess it depends, if the marksman was given an order to fire when he did know there was no need to- marksman is at fault

if the marksman was ordered to fire and he didn't know if there was a need to- command's fault as he was forced to rely on their knowledge/seniority

it'll be situation dependant, but i guess one way around it would be "permission to fire" which means it's up to the marksman to choose.

in the police i suspect it'd be the latter, as they wouldnt have the same requirement for blindly following orders, or consequences of disobeying, as militaries do.
 
Watching Four Lions?...

[PC] Is a wookie a bear, control?

[Control] The bear target has changed. Target bear is now target Honey Monster.

[PC] Is a honey monster a bear?
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:D
 
it'll be a huge coverup, like we thought we saw the gun. Cop will get off, unless video evidence proves otherwise, then they'll throw him under the bus... Just a bad egg in the bunch blah blah blah.
 
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