mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor) (12/14/84)
>I hate to ruin your note by introducing a little reality, but there is >virtually no chance that the police officer will be arrested and charged >with anything. You don't have to take my word for it. Pick any big city, >say Los Angeles or Chicago. Find out how many people were killed by police, >then see how many of these cases resulted in criminal charges against the >police officers. > >Scott Renner Could this be one of the really significant differences between the USA and the rest of the Western world? I do agree that police get off with a lot that ordinary citizens would have to answer for, and they might get acquitted when brought up for murder. Usually, they are charged if they killed someone not apparently in self-defence. -- Martin Taylor {allegra,linus,ihnp4,floyd,ubc-vision}!utzoo!dciem!mmt {uw-beaver,qucis,watmath}!utcsrgv!dciem!mmt