the cops routinely kill suspected criminals with out passing the legal test for using deadly force and the cops are never arrested or jailed. but if you use deadly force to defend your property or person the cops will put you in jail Original Article SNIP Liquor store owner gets 7 years for man's death WEST PHOENIX -A liquor store owner was sentenced Tuesday to a seven-year prison term for the May 2004 shooting death of a customer suspected of stealing beer. Fayek Khaled Mohamad, 43, who was convicted of manslaughter, could have received 21 years, but a Maricopa County Superior Court judge found circumstances calling for leniency. The victim, Phillip Tate, 40, was gunned down during an argument with Mohamad outside a market near 51st Avenue and Thomas Road, police said.