No one is above the law, even Steven Seagal. If a police officer commits murder, the most fair trial will be found on the federal level, rather than locally.

I agree that local courts can not be trusted to administer justice involving their own police departments.

Just because cops have higher authority does not mean that the crime they commit are any less severe than if a regular citizen committed the crime.

"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."

This bill is scary - it allows for the conviction of police officers if they make a wrong choice during what could be a life threatening confrontation. However, it is clear that the current state of things is allowing for abuse of power, which is never a good thing. I'm hopeful that these investigations will help balance the state of our society.

Shouldn't the enforcers of the law be also accountable to the law?

In our society, we endow our law enforcement personnel with "extra" latitudes (with the law) to enforce our laws & to be agents of said law. In return, they are held to a higher (but different) set of laws. So, if murder is a crime for an Average Citizen & is prosecuted by the State; it holds true that a police officer committing murder would have have to be prosecuted by agents of the federal government (because officers of a State often cannot bring a case against other officer of State). This makes it a Federal crime -- pure & simple. I don't know why we're not already prosecuting them that way.

These killings are unjustifiable - they must stop.

Law enforcement and authorities should be charged with a federal crime for committing murder because there occupational responsibilities are to serve and protect. However, if authorities must utilize self defense in a emergency circumstance then that justifies the fact that the opposing individual was possibly murdered. We live in a dynamic global society and if any American commits murder then it should be a federal crime, I believe when you commit murder you deserve a consequence. I am American and police officers are American as well, if an American police officer commits murder there is no difference between me and him we have to follow the same laws and principles. Just because he has a badge on and a gun dose not make he or she above the law. The point is everyone should follow the law and if they commit murder they deserve a consequence.

Local and state governments would obviously be biased in favor of giving more lenient punishments to police officers who commit murder. The federal government would serve as a more objective arbitrator of justice.

I believe that no one should be excluded from the law, if you commit murder you must be charged with murder. officer involved murders are becoming frequent and should be handled correctly. a uniform and title should not give them any type of exclusion.