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Originally Posted by baggygreen
A recent example from here (well sydney, but close enough to here) is that 2 men entered a home of an older gentleman one night. they were armed with knives, he took a baseball bat and knocked one cold, the other ran. He was charged with GBH and criticised for using unreasonable force, because "there was no way he coulda known they were armed".
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Thats just moronic. I'm no gun nut but I believe that you have every right to defend your home. However this case in Canada I don't think, though the full story isn't presented, sounds like it might be justifiable. Police brutality is a real thing. You should never discount it.
As for the "cold courtroom", well... its cold for a reason. Courts are the sober second thought to the fast paced adrenaline power trip that is police work. You need to take things into a calm environment and examine them. I shudder to think of my country just trusting the police implicitly.