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California Cops Shot and Killed 162 People Last Year. This Bill Could Help Reduce the Bloodshed.

A California bill that would radically change the standard for the use of deadly force by police officers is set for a key vote on Thursday. Assembly Bill 931, the Police Accountability and Community Protection Act, would allow officers to use lethal force only when “necessary” to “prevent imminent and serious bodily injury or death” to an officer or bystander, and when there are no “reasonable” non-lethal alternatives—a Taser, for example.

 

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