> shooting by law enforcement is not allowed unless there is a clear and present threat to life.
But we have seen that the police may not follow the same principle. There have been cases where police have killed harmless suspects and gotten away with it.
First, would this distinction matter when lives are at stake?
Second, if parts of system does not work as intended, then we should think of how to prevent such situations in the first place.
Where lives are at stake we cannot take a stand "it works on my machine" or "you are not holding it the right way". We need to find solutions to fix or prevent it.
It matters in terms of describing what the system is supposed to be.
If indeed violence is intended be used in context X, then that is something quite different from violence is intended never to be used in context X.
Sure, on the ground, "violence is not intended to be used here, but it is being used here" can be a life-or-death question. But if the answer is that the system is indeed intending to function that way, then the route to changing that is quite different than if some actors are not obeying the rules.
But we have seen that the police may not follow the same principle. There have been cases where police have killed harmless suspects and gotten away with it.