“Images Of Law Enforcement In The Toilet”

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exert unnecessary force, and in those cases they should be subject to the full penalty of the law. However, “only one of the previous eighty-four coroners inquests in Clark County has found an officer negligent in the killing of a suspect” (Puit 1999).
One example of an officer using unnecessary deadly force is in the case of Officer Mortensen and Officer Brady. In this case the two police officers were off duty, however, it still shows that an abuse of power came into play. Brady admits that after a night of heavy drinking, the two decided to harass some drug dealers and gang members. Mendoza was approached and shot in front of his home (Puit 1997). Mendoza was not posing a threat to the officers and was unarmed. He was clearly a victim of homicide. There have also been some accusations of these two officers discussing, prior to this particular evening, wanting to go out and shoot some gang members. Mortensen was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in ...

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