From today's Supreme Court decision in Nasogaluak; see summary below.
"But police officers do not have an unlimited power to inflict harm on a person in the course of their duties. While, at times, the police may have to resort to force in order to complete an arrest or prevent an offender from escaping police custody, the allowable degree of force to be used remains constrained by the principles of proportionality, necessity and reasonableness. Courts must guard against the illegitimate use of power by the police against members of our society, given its grave consequences."
James Morton
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3 comments:
Yea, sure. I will be glad to sell the Brooklyn Bridge to anyone who believes that the police in this country would ever live up to such a ruling or feel morally bound by such principles. Pure and unadulterated naivety.
But worth saying
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