Theoretically, cops are only justified in using force when they "fear for their own safety."
Here's a short list of things cops are apparently scared shitless of :
Dogs sitting calmly on their own front porch
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/cops-shoot-family-dog-just-because
Dogs with an attendant human outside a police station:
http://www.policestateusa.com/2013/woman-says-her-10-month-old-puppy-was-shot-in-the-head-after-asking-officers-not-to-shoot-it-twice/
Suicidal people
http://www.policestateusa.com/2013/police-taser-man-to-get-him-off-a-roof-choke-drag-him-face-down-across-a-staircase-killing-him/
People with CP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX3nTOBt9mI
People with Down's Syndrome
http://thepeoplesrecord.com/post/43367912794/police-murder-man-movie-theater-for-disobeying
Autistic people/ butter knives
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/02/01/boy-15-shot-dead-by-police-in-calumet-city/
95 year old men
http://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2013/07/29/95-year-old-man-tasered-to-death-by-police-in-illinois-nursing-home/
80 year old women/anyone reported walking down a street
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/09/03/siu_investigates_p
eel_police_tasering_80yearold_woman.html
Nearly dead accident victims
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2710931/posts
Handcuffed and footshackled men
http://www.wrdw.com/home/headlines/Only-on-12-Cell-phone-video-taken-seconds-after-deadly-taser-incident-214074681.html
Someone looking for a cigarette in their own car in their own driveway
http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/31/us/florida-police-shooting
Hoses
http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/police-shoot-kill-man-holding-garden-hose-family-receives-6-5m/
Cellphones
http://articles.chicagobreakingnews.com/2011-06-07/news/29631581_1_police-officer-chicago-police-morning-shot
Pens
http://www.infowars.com/houston-pd-kill-wheelchair-ridden-double-amputee-armed-with-pen/
Shorts
http://reason.com/blog/2013/08/30/man-to-sue-police-after-being-shot-while
Nearly dead accident victims
http://www.freerepublic.com/
Handcuffed and footshackled men
http://www.wrdw.com/home/
Someone looking for a cigarette in their own car in their own driveway
http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/31/
Hoses
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Cellphones
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Pens
http://www.infowars.com/
Shorts
http://reason.com/blog/2013/
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