re: Baton Rouge Officer that shot Alton Sterling fired for excessive force

The current legal standard is extremely high for charging a law enforcement officer for a crime in cases of excessive force.

However, law enforcement officers are held to a very high standard when it comes to their behavior, particularly in the avoidance/escalation of force.

This is why an officer could be innocent of a crime yet still in violation of a departmental policy that would result in his termination.

The fact that people are struggling with such simple concepts is mind boggling to me.