Police use of military-grade weapons—and how they use them—is becoming a serious issue in the United States. And it’s one the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dealt with recently when they upheld a decision dismissing a lawsuit filed against a North Texas sheriff who shot 12 rounds from his AR-15 assault rifle into a fleeing kidnapper’s car, killing the man.
In justifying its decision, the Fifth Circuit put its reasoning in terms the average American can understand: The sheriff did not violate the kidnapper’s constitutional rights because his undisputed criminal actions were taken straight out of a video game—think Grand Theft Auto.
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