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In response to "IM: although as I mentioned above, the officer could also be criminally liable for acts during the arrest" by ML

But he certainly can't be tried for murder or manslaughter or anything like that, right? -- (edited)

Posted by Jim (aka Jim) Jul 23 '15, 12:47

And while I get that he was out of line and he should pay whatever price his bosses and the legal system see fit...

I still wonder - when it's something like "put out your cigarette" - why don't people just do what the police tell them to? ESPECIALLY when you know this kind of bullshit keeps happening?

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Not as a result of the stop/arrest--there would have to be probable cause that he then separately murdered her at the jail. - ML Jul 23, 12:52 1
- Oh yeah...somebody getting paid for this. -- nm - Jim Jul 23, 12:53

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But he certainly can't be tried for murder or manslaughter or anything like that, right? -- (edited)

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