Forcillo's Injustice: Lenient Analysis

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According to the fundamental principles of justice, like cases should be treated alike. This means that all cases should be treated the same no matter who is involved or not. I believe that Forcillo got off easily and his verdict was lenient because he is a cop. Many would argue that Forcillo had the right to fire against Yatim because he was protecting the community, even though I believe this is true I felt the the second and third rounds were unnecessary and weren’t accounted for when the verdict was given to Forcillo. Until now, police in Canada have not faced any criminal charges if they have murdered someone in course of duty. I feel that this is true although Forcillo unessarily killed Yatim who had no harm to the cops nor community

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