Federal judge dismisses Seattle police lawsuit challenging new use-of-force policy

[unhappycamper]

www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/federal-judge-dismisses-seattle-police-lawsuit-challenging-new-use-of-force-policy/

Federal judge dismisses Seattle police lawsuit challenging new use-of-force policy
Reuters
20 Oct 2014 at 20:21 ET

A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit by Seattle police officers challenging new rules restricting the department’s use of force, which they claimed could endanger both them and civilians.

More than 120 officers joined the lawsuit, which sought a complete dismantling of a new use of force policy hammered out between the Seattle Police Department and the U.S. Department of Justice to stem an alleged pattern of excessive force.

The officers’ lawsuit complained the revised rules, which went into effect this year, “unreasonably restrict and burden Plaintiffs’ right to use force reasonably required, to protect themselves and others from apparent harm and danger.”

The Seattle Police Department has been under federal monitoring since 2012 following an investigation into incidents in which officers appeared to engage in excessive force, particularly against minorities.

[SamKnause]

1. In the grand scheme of things

being a police officer is a relatively safe job.

The police officers in the U.S. are afraid of their own shadows.

They want to be the judge, jury, and executioners.

They are bullies.

They are armed gangs in blue and camouflage.

I have ZERO respect for the justice system and the penal system in the U.S.

They have earned my disrespect !!!!!!!