To Make Police Accountable, End Qualified Immunity
Crimes should be charged more seriously, not less, when they&#x27;re committed by police. This is only reasonable - any crime committed by an on-duty officer is inherently more harmful that the same crime committed by a civilian, because in addition to the damage of the actual crime, the officer&#x27;s commission of it also does harm to the public trust in the police and our society.<p>Beyond that, the police should be held to a higher standard because we as a society acknowledge that they are trained well enough to walk around with guns and the ability to deprive people of their freedom (even those who are innocent - if you&#x27;re locked in a cell and later not charged, you don&#x27;t get that time you spent in a cell back). We should be able to charge Chauvin with first degree murder despite a lack of premeditation, because he was trained to know not to do precisely what he did. If I kneel on a guy&#x27;s neck and kill him unintentionally it&#x27;s manslaughter, but if a cop does it, it should be worse because that cop should be expected to know that doing so is not an acceptable form of restraint.