The Kuna police officers who shot a man on an Interstate 84 on-ramp in Meridian last year were legally justified in their use of force, according to the Valley County prosecuting attorney, who took issue with some facets of the incident.
Brian Naugle wrote in a report released Friday night that police too often seem to choose violence and that the officers were lucky no one was hurt when some bullets hit a passing car and landed across the freeway in Roaring Springs Water Park. While the use of force “may have been poorly executed,” it was still legally justifiable, he said.
“They (officers) must still avoid using such force in a reckless, careless, or negligent manner,” Naugle wrote in a letter to Ada County. “I cannot help but notice a tendency to choose deadly force even when there are other alternatives or where the use of force by the police creates at least as great a danger to the public as the person being apprehended.”…