• @Buffalox
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    13 hours ago

    If the police enter your home, even if they have a warrant, and you shoot them. How can the police ever claim that it wasn’t self defense, especially in areas where these things happen?

    • @[email protected]
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      2311 hours ago

      They generally are not able to because of the castle doctrine. However, that implies someone shot a cop and survived the rest of the encounter, and the cops respect the laws and do not throw you in jail anyways.

      • @nickiwest
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        109 hours ago

        Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend Kenneth Walker shot a cop and survived. They threw him in jail, but ultimately the charges against him were dismissed and the city of Louisville settled with him for $2 million.

        This is very much the exception and not the rule.

        https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63953359