Couch Expert

A person who watches or reads news media stories about things like Police Use of Deadly Force and then proceeds to second guess the Use of Force, without having any expertise or legal understanding of how and when it gets applied.

The Couch Expert phenomenon also includes journalists, broadcasters and reporters who do not take the time to learn or understand when and why it’s applied and when it’s justified or not.

Judges constantly fight these “couch expert” urges when they instruct juries to ignore all media.

Since you’re such a Couch Expert why don’t you provide police officers your training on Use of Force

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