Crossland II: Sit Back and Enjoy It

SimpleJustice.us
Dec. 21, 2011

f a police officer, for no particular reason, decided to put his handgun to your temple and inform you, with a wry smile on his face that he was going to pull the trigger and blow a hole in your head, he was would certainly be wrong. But if you were to, say, kick him in the nuts in order to stop him from doing so, you would be committing an assault on the officer. Afterward, you would be properly convicted of the assault, while the police department would consider investigating the officer's conduct to determine whether it violated department policy.

It didn't have to be this way, but when the law elevates the protection of police over the right of a person to defend themselves from police misconduct, as reflected by United States v. Crossland, that's what happens.

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