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Originally Posted by OccultHawk
Police code for attacking their nightsticks with your skull.
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Originally Posted by Anteater
I think there could be legal and also other kinds of consequences for these officers. One thing to look at is the excessive force angle, another is the fact that the guy's kids were there in the car and therefore at risk of being hurt or even killed because the police decided to unload a gun in a tight space.
Jacob made some bad decisions. The officers didn't make good decisions to deal with Jacob's actions. Basically, 'Murica.
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Yeah, it's possible prosecutors could take the excessive force angle and endangering the occupants of the vehicles. That might work. But the defense could also argue that if the police allowed Blake to enter his vehicle, he may have tried to escape in his car. With the kids present in the car, that would obviously present a danger to the kids and it would have presented a danger to others on the road.
I'm no lawyer or legal scholar, just spitballing here.