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1.) The specific question I intend to answer for my final research paper is, Cops should be able to decide how and when lethal force is necessary. Also that lethal force is a good thing and should not be made into a bad figure like it can be portrayed to be.

2.) I truly believe that police have every right to defend themselves and other innocent people by use of lethal force.*Thesis*

3.) People portray cops that use lethal force in a negative manner, because they believe it could have been worked out in another way when most times its not that easy. Cops only use lethal force when they feel they must use it, not because they want to by any means. Most of the time cops would never even think about using lethal force but when it comes down to a life or death situation cops have no other choice but to use it. Cops try as hard as they can to use non-lethal force before, like teasers or mace for example, but sometimes they have to use more than that when the situation gets out of hand. Also cops are trained to shoot low unless the person has a gun or other type of weapon and is using it in a threatening manner. Also in a high speed chase cops don't want to injure any citizens and want to stop the running criminal as fast as they can, so they will use spike strips which may cause the car to flip and injure the driver.


4.) I still need to find out more about this topic til I feel i have enough information to convince everyone i need to. I still find out how often lethal force occurs on the job. i also want to find out what goes though an officers head before during and after the usage of lethal force. Another thing I would like to find out would be how many cops were found guilty for usage of lethal force when they shouldn't have used it.

5.) Cops abuse their power when using lethal force. 
They should just use non-lethal force and saves lives without people dying.
Cops are crooked and just do it because they can.
The police are trigger happy when it comes to situations of lethal force.

6.) 

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Jacobs, David, and Robert M. O'Brien. "The Determinants of Deadly Force: A Structural Analysis of Police Violence." American Journal of Sociology 103.4 (1998): 837. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 28 Feb. 2011.

Waegel, William B. "The Use of Lethal Force by Police: The Effect of Statutory Change." Crime & Delinquency 30.1 (1984): 121. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 28 Feb. 2011.

Klinger, David A., and Rod K. Brunson. "Police officers' perceptual distortions during lethal force situations: Informing the reasonableness standard." Criminology & Public Policy 8.1 (2009): 117-140. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 28 Feb. 2011.