Bill Alleman

Question: When is an individual justified in using deadly force? Answer: Under conditions of a credible imminent threat of grievous bodily harm to self or innocent others. I do not consent to a government that operates under looser requirements than individuals do, that may legally kill without similar sober justification -- even if it could somehow guarantee that it would never get the verdict wrong (which, of course, it can't). No credible imminent threat, no lawful killing. Not even by the State (perhaps ESPECIALLY not by the State). Simple. And if a defendant in custody IS such a credible imminent threat, then you've got bigger problems.