News Jemel Roberson’s avoidable death: Reform deadly force laws, require police to de-escalate November 15, 2018Cynthia Lee, Opinion contributorsComments Off on Jemel Roberson’s avoidable death: Reform deadly force laws, require police to de-escalate State laws should require police de-escalation. That could have saved uniformed security guard Jemel Roberson, who was shot and killed by an officer.