Deadly Force
Essays

Law Enforcement - Dubious Value of the Knock and Announce Requirement

Brief History of the District of Columbia Metropolitan Area Police/

This use of force policy establishes the criteria and circumstances under which force shall be authorized during encounters with any member of the general public.

¶ … police officers are faced with the possibility of encountering life-and-death decisions that require split-second decisions every time they respond to a call or encounter a crime in progress.

¶ … Weapons Related to Physical and Personal Security

This paper discusses the history of the Native American in the United States and how they were systematically destroyed by the white European. By the end of the 19th century, there were only about 250,000 Native Americans still alive when there had been several million. They were destroyed by violence, displacement, and most of all by disease.