Baltimore to leave its cops on the hook for civil suit payouts

Related, i recall hearing about this when it was initially reported 2 years ago. The former Marine was the first officer to respond on the scene with someone with an unloaded gun, was very distressed and looking for “suicide by cop”. He determined he could de-escalate the situation when 2 other officers arrived and shot the civilian on sight. Later the officer that refused to kill the civilian was terminated for not killing the guy (for reals). He sued and won

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