If you are allowed by law to use force, you are responsible for using too much force. This means you can get in trouble for using more force than you should. You will be judged on what you did and how bad it was.
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Every one authorised by law to use force is criminally responsible for any excess, according to the nature and quality of the act that constitutes the excess.
