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Shooting people from a drone is definitely not a life or death decision. And doing it just because they look like criminals is not a casualty of war, it's outright murder.

Any cop would be in death row for pulling something like this in American Soil.

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> Any cop would be in death row for pulling something like this in American Soil.

That’s a dubious claim.

I meant to say He would be granted a paid leave.

A cop who followed the same regulations and rules of engagement as a soldier would be committing a crime.

Because they have entirely different jobs, in entirely different contexts, with entirely different rules, serving entirely different purposes.

sure https://boingboing.net/2019/09/27/breakdown-of-how-sacrament...

Precisely!

Soldiers in an active military zone would almost certainly not be subject to any scrutiny or investigation for fatally shooting someone who they believed to be armed in the same situation.

Thanks for the supporting evidence!!!!

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