Teen hospitalized after being misidentified as suspect by federal agent - agents apparently fired stun grenades at an innocent man from an unmarked moving vehicle

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[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

but nothing illegal.

I don't know if that's true, hopefully it was illegal

[–]AnarchySpeach 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Misidentifications happen. It'd be difficult to make accidents like this illegal.

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That's why police have rules of engagement. They're not allowed to just randomly attack civilians.

It's like when Chris Dorner escaped, and then LAPD shot 2 random ladies in a blue truck that didn't even match the description, because they weren't in control of their nerves. That sort of thing should be illegal or else the police can just basically kill whoever they want and claim it was misidentification, and the regular citizen would have to live in fear of that

[–]AnarchySpeach 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

the police can just basically kill whoever they want and claim it was misidentification,

They already can. So long as the body cam footage shows they believed they were doing the right thing.

The Stephon Clark shooting is an example of this. The police had little information to work off of. In the pitch dark of night someone went into a shooting stance, aimed the phone like a gun, light glinted off the gun, and he refused to put his hands up.

The only reason the cops didn't get charged with murder is how they acted during the shooting.

This time the police confused one brother for the other. They appeared to handled the situation poorly, but until bodycam footage is released (which could take 2 years) there's not enough information for us to know if correct protocol was followed. It sucks. We're gonna have to wait.

the regular citizen would have to live in fear of that

That is why every cop should have a camera. There's no need to be afraid if you know they're being recorded. It's the backwoods county cops in bumfuck nowhere without cameras that make me nervous. It's also the reason I hope more people buy Tesla style cars that are covered with cameras.