A little-known legal theory allows prosecutors to file murder charges against people who are unarmed or not even at the scene when police officers kill somebody.
Apparently 13 out of the 22 people charged with murder by this have been convicted since 2010. As a fun contrast , only 1-2% percent of cops are arrested at all for our ~1000 yearly deadly cop shootings and only 7 have been convicted of murder since 2005. 37 convicted for lesser charges in those years.
Apparently 13 out of the 22 people charged with murder by this have been convicted since 2010. As a fun contrast , only 1-2% percent of cops are arrested at all for our ~1000 yearly deadly cop shootings and only 7 have been convicted of murder since 2005. 37 convicted for lesser charges in those years.