Quote:Absolutely it's on the authorities to prove why the used deadly force. innocent until proven guilty is our legal system, but If  I shoot someone on my property I still have to prove why I shoot that person. 

 

An officer's word is no more evidence than anyone else's word. 

 

Negative.  If you shoot someone on your property and you say that it was in self defense, there is no DA that will indict you unless their is evidence to the contrary.  The "authorities" aren't going to jail.  Its the individual officer.

 

And you're wrong again.  An officer's word carries more weight than your average joe in court.  An officer usually loses his job if caught up in a lie in court or even just lying to his bosses about who spilled coffee in the patrol car.  The reason being is that a defense attorney will pick apart any officer's testimony if he has ever shown to be untruthful in the past.  Every case the cop has that goes to court will be dismissed in the future. 

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