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Winnipeg officer who shot girl was right to use lethal force: police expert
A policing expert told a fatality inquest that a Winnipeg officer who fired two shots at a stolen vehicle and killed a 16-year-old girl was following police protocol and training.
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https://globalnews.ca/news/11728603/winnipeg-officer-who-shot-girl-was-right-to-use-lethal-force-police-expert/

Global News Winnipeg Mar 12

CBC Manitoba Mar 12

Lethal force justified in Winnipeg police's fatal shooting of 16-year-old, expert tells inquest
A policing expert has told an inquest that a Winnipeg officer took appropriate action when he fired two shots at a stolen vehicle and killed a 16-year-old First Nations girl.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/eishia-hudson-police-force-expert-inquest-9.7126275?cmp=rss

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Nonilex Jan 14

#Hegseth laughed & dismissed her question.

After the assassination of the right-wing activist Charlie Kirk in September, #Trump & his top advisers said they were going to designate certain left-wing groups as “domestic terrorists.”

“As a former #CIA officer, that pricked my ears up,” #ElissaSlotkin said.

Slotkin, speaking at the Brookings Institution in the fall, suggested that Trump could use #LethalForce against his domestic enemies or target them with #criminal “investigations”.

#law

AMonkeyInSilk 🇺🇦🇵🇸Jun 19, 2025

Ongoing, and very worrying, trend in Australia.

Increasingly authorities and governments are dropping the requirements and qualifications needed for its enforcement staff to carry lethal weapons.

Shorter training in Victoria, decreasing literacy and numeracy levels in SA, and arming staff outside usual police ranks in the NT.

We have seen the current ‘highly trained’ police misuse their lethal powers. Dropping the standards even further isn’t going to provide better outcomes.

#auspol #policing #policestate #policemisconduct #lethalforce #abuseofpower #sapol #ntpol #vicpol #police

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-20/nt-police-public-safety-officers-criticism-firearms-powers/105430704

'Quasi-policing powers' for new armed NT police public safety officers spark concern

The Northern Territory government has been slammed over a plan to grant transit and public housing safety officers "quasi-policing powers", including authority to carry guns on buses, in supermarkets and public housing.

ABC News

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Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Sep 5, 2024

#Black #suspects, even when #unarmed, are not afforded the same #deference by #police, often facing #lethalforce. This highlights #racialdisparities in #lawenforcement’s #decisionmaking on the #useofforce.

Nonilex May 23, 2024

#Biden was plotting to assassinate himself, acc/to the logic used by #Trump & #MAGA #Republicans.

The #DOJ policy statement on when officers can use #LethalForce —misrepresented by Trump & his supporters as proof of an assassination plot at #MarALago —was also in the paperwork for the consensual search the #FBI conducted of #POTUS Biden’s Wilmington home, looking for #ClassifiedDocuments.

#law #gaslighting #extremism #incitement #StochasticTerrorism #NationalSecurity #VoteBlue #BidrnHarris2024

Poetry News Aug 9, 2023

Lethal force, DeSantis
Seemingly clear cut plan
But hidden complexities

#desantis #lethalforce #border #complexities #haiku #poetry

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/problems-desantis-line-lethal-force-border-rcna98775

The problem(s) with DeSantis’ line on ‘lethal force’ at the border

Ron DeSantis supports using "lethal force" against migrants suspected of smuggling drugs. The closer one looks at the details, the messier his line becomes.

MSNBC

PhoenixSerenity Apr 14, 2023

The #parents of a #RedDeer man who was #FatallyShot by #police this week say there was no reason for #RCMP to have used #LethalForce against their son.
“I wish we had never called the police,” a tearful Jane Deon told the Advocate, a day after her 33-year-old son, Derek Deon, was shot three times by an officer while in his downstairs bedroom.

https://www.saanichnews.com/news/i-wish-we-had-never-called-the-police-alberta-man-fatally-shot-during-mental-health-crisis

#Alberta #Canada #DefundRCMP #DefundthePolice #PoliceReform #MentalHealthcareReform