If the police kill someone, is it considered murder?

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Using deadly force or otherwise.

Answer 1

It depends. If they're doing it as part of their job then no it's not, then if they're doing it as an off duty police officer with intent to kill someone then yes it is. No one including Police Officers are above the law

Answer 2

mur·der

/ˈmərdər/

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noun

1.

the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.

If they were acting according to the law, no.

Answer 3

Depends on who you ask .

But 99.9 % of the time , no it is not .

Answer 4

If you are asking if every time some cop kills someone, it is or is not murder, that makes no sense.

Answer 5

Depends on if it is in self defense or not.

Answer 6

It just depends on the situation

Answer 7

Sure if it's unwarranted in the line of duty. They have to abide by the same laws as anyone has to.

Answer 8

Murder is essentially defined as the act of imposing death upon a human in a manner that some law that governs you deems illegal.

Answer 9

Depends if it was in self-defence. A policeman was recently convicted of murdering a woman who called and reported a disturbance outside. When the police car arrived, she ran towards the car only for the policeman to shoot her dead.

Answer 10

sometimes it is, other n times it is not.

A few former cops are in jail now for murder while on duty