stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoLondon Cop Who Shot Dead Unarmed Black Man Charged With Murderwww.vice.comexternal-linkmessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1386arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1376arrow-down1external-linkLondon Cop Who Shot Dead Unarmed Black Man Charged With Murderwww.vice.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square83fedilinkfile-text
Prosecutors have charged a Metropolitan Police officer with murder after he shot rapper Chris Kaba in London last year.
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 year agoAlso, afaik, the UK does not have “qualified immunity” like the US (which, I should add, is a categorically idiotic judicial precedent).
minus-squarereverendsteveii@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoIt’s only a stupid judicial precedent if you assume the police are there to enforce the law and help people.
Also, afaik, the UK does not have “qualified immunity” like the US (which, I should add, is a categorically idiotic judicial precedent).
It’s only a stupid judicial precedent if you assume the police are there to enforce the law and help people.