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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Prosecutors have charged a Metropolitan Police officer with murder after he shot rapper Chris Kaba in London last year.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Around 4.3% of English police officers are armed and they are only called out on special calls.

[–] gravitas_deficiency 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Also, afaik, the UK does not have “qualified immunity” like the US (which, I should add, is a categorically idiotic judicial precedent).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's only a stupid judicial precedent if you assume the police are there to enforce the law and help people.

[–] gravitas_deficiency 1 points 1 year ago

Ideally, they should be. But yes, I am also aware of the genesis of police forces in modern society.