• 474D@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Because it would be the easiest way to lose the case. Attempted murder in the legal sense and common sense are two wildly different things

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      4 months ago

      This always confuses me because if you’re being arrested and you so much as sneeze on the officer you’re gonna get charged with attempted murder of a peace officer.

      • cravl@slrpnk.net
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        4 months ago

        I would love to live in a society where police are genuinely and unironically referred to as peace officers. It would be a step in the right direction—the destination of course being a society where they need not exist, at least in their current form.

        Unpopular ^(or popular but unspoken) opinion: Despite what the ACAB crowd would proclaim, I believe there are plenty of officers out there who may deserve such a title already, for trying their best in spite of being painfully aware of the system’s shortcomings and the public’s perception thereof.