What an illiterate ninny you are! I am the one saying that, “under certain circumstances,” peace officers can kill any citizen, with precisely the same legal justification that a prison guard can kill an inmate, and exactly the same legal justification with which I could crack a brick over your skull until the crud and piss you store up there all oozes out. That justification is known as “self -defense” and I’d have to meet the same standard for killing you that a cop would have to make for shooting a suspect or a guard would have to make for killing an inmate, although in your case a special plea for “exterminating useless vermin” might be entertained.
Here’s what I originally said (bolding added here for emphasis:
You’ve been blathering ever since that guards aren’t allowed to summarily execute i.e. murder people. I never said they were. Nobody in the thread said they were. Jesus, you are one angry, needlessly confrontative retard.
So tell us these special “rules and procedures,” you idiot, that allow guards to kill their prisoners that don’t apply to every other fucking person on this planet. I’m waiting.
Er. . . planet?
While I’m not 100% sure, I’m guessing that there may be some countries where guards can kill prisoners with impunity while ordinary citizens can’t. And no, I’m not providing a cite cause we’re not in GD and you can’t make me.
But I was with you right up until then. And I’d still agree with you that in most countries in the world, the same rights apply in regards to self-defense and the defense of others for correctional officers as they do for all citizens.
And yes, I agree that if correctional officers killed someone under circumstances other than those allowed to every other citizen in some countries (like the U.S.), it would be homocide.
ETA: Your rubber what?
You’re right, of course. “Planet” is going too far. There are some badass places on this planet where no laws apply, and some where only bad laws do.
It’s impossible to have any kind of discussion with an angry, ranting retard like you. The rules for use of lethal force vary from place to place within the US much less every place “on this planet.” You twist words, you frame questions so vaguely they cannot be answered, you are needlessly offensive, and_let’s not forget_ you just plain make shit up.
First, you called me a bully and whole bunch of other shit because you assumed, on no evidence whatsoever, that I favored spanking and must beat my daughter. I explained to you that none of that is true, but you then went on to froth that I’m a bully and a brute anyway. That, of course, was all accompanied by a lot of crowing on your part about how you had really shown me a thing or two. You remind me of a retarded kid who got mainstreamed into my classroom early in my career. He was always angry and lashing out because he couldn’t handle the subject material and was always a step behind in conversation with his classmates. Like you, he also compensated by crowing about how smart he was and which of his classmates he made to look stupid.
I don’t think you’re really retarded, though. I think you’re just a lying, slimy jerk.
Yep. Apparently now I also beat my children within an inch of their lives, and I do so in private, so that no one can report me to the police. Because I pointed out how prr’s debating sucks. Whatev. :rolleyes:
So your argument now consists of listing several of the retards you’ve spent your life socializing with whom you claim I remind you of, and also of what you “think” of me? Imagine how deeply that affects me! To be called a name by the likes of you! I don’t know how I will ever recover from this cunning attack.
While I struggle to regain my composure, you might supply us with any one of those “rules and procedures” on which you based your still-astonishing claim that prison guards are entitled to kill their prisoners. I’m still waiting very patiently.
So tell me: where do you beat your kids to within an inch of their lives? Do you do it only behind closed doors? Why?
Ok, looks like we are all saying the same thing (except that prr wants to show his ass about how exactly scumpup expressed himself). I’m going to file this one under “prr has issues” and move on with life.
:rolleyes:
Have you stopped beating your wife?
I divorced the bitch.
Hmmm… IANALEO but I seem to recall that around certain correctional facilities in the US are high towers that are manned 24-7 by individuals authorized to use deadly force against prisoners. I find it hard to come up with likely scenarios where these persons would as such be acting in a self-defense capacity.
If someone tries to leave your house with your tv under his arm, and he’s actually made it off of your property and poses no conceivable physical threat to you, you cannot shoot him. If a prisoner tries to leave prison, even amde it over the fence, a prison guard can shoot him (in the back, even).
You could google “prison guards use of force” or “prison guards use of deadly force” if you really wanted to know the answer. Rather it seems you are intent on being contrary and nitpicky and in this case you might just be the nit.
Three (count 'em—3) google hits for “prison guards use of force” none of which appear to have anything to do with guards killing prisoners, whether by shooting them in the back trying to escape or by singing to them off-key. The third one seems to concern how various types of force are patently illegal.
Tell me, did you do a search before you came up with this bullshit or did you just decide to make this suggestion on a guess?
That search was, by the way, for “prison guard use deadly force”
Or search even harder for “prison guard use deadly force escape”.
Or:
So your first cite was a 1994 article that said "State prison officials, responding to large numbers of inmates who were shot to death or wounded by guards, are revising their policy to sharply restrict the use of deadly force.
Cal Terhune, director of the Department of Corrections, said the new policy will forbid state guards to fire assault rifles to stop inmates engaged in nonlethal fistfights and melees.
Deadly force will be allowed only if one inmate is inflicting serious injury with a clearly visible weapon to a prison staff member or another inmate."
Your second cite was a 1987 ruling that implied that laxer regulations might apply. From this you manage to conclude that the law is making it easier for prison guards to kill prisoners legally? Look at the end of the bit I quoted: “Deadly force will be allowed only if one inmate is inflicting serious injury with a clearly visible weapon to a prison staff member or another inmate.” I believe cops are entitled to use deadly force under similar circumstances in a non-prison setting as well.
Whose point are you trying to support here?
Wow.
The first cite was from 1998, not 1994.
It was one that pointed out, first of all, that use of deadly force was indeed allowed under certain circumstances and that “In all other states combined, only six inmates were killed during the same period–all while trying to escape.”
The second was an undated section from Hawaii’s laws, stating that prison guards could use force to prevent escapes. It specifically goes on to state in the commentary that: “Deadly force may be used to prevent escape from a jail, prison, or similar institution.”
The third (which evidently you missed) was from Missouri’s statute, dated 2007, which specifically allowed for deadly force if the prison guard believed that the inmate would pose a threat to human life or health.
The fourth was a record of a case where it established, clearly, that the precedent was that deadly force could be used to prevent escape if the officer of the law believed that the fleeing inmate posed a threat to human life. That, by the way, was from 1998.
So, to sum up, you totally missed two cites, missed key information in the only one you apparently glanced at but still managed to invent a date of publication for that cite, and evidently invented some ruling where it said that laxer regulation should apply, and invented a year in which it happened, too.
What the fuck is wrong with you?