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In the US, police are not supposed to use deadly force against fleeing felons UNLESS they reasonably believe that they are in danger of serious physical harm (defense of oneself), or that someone else is in such danger (defense of another). These general ideas vary a bit from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, but the general idea holds.
Obviously, the test of what is considered "reasonable" is going to vary.
When I saw this video for the first time, I thought that this was a case in which the use of deadly force was questionable, for the reasons I have explained in earlier posts here.
My view was in the minority on this one, at first. And reading the other posters here, with different viewings of the video, have caused me to change my mind.
My original opinions were probably mistaken.
But it is still a close case, I think.
One other thing: in some countries, Brazil for example, police CAN shoot at fleeing suspects. That is what I have read and what I've been told. If you run from the police, you can be fired on.
If I'm not mistaken, this was once the rule in the US as well, before the 20th century.
In the US, police are not supposed to use deadly force against fleeing felons UNLESS they reasonably believe that they are in danger of serious physical harm (defense of oneself), or that someone else is in such danger (defense of another). These general ideas vary a bit from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, but the general idea holds.
Obviously, the test of what is considered "reasonable" is going to vary.
When I saw this video for the first time, I thought that this was a case in which the use of deadly force was questionable, for the reasons I have explained in earlier posts here.
My view was in the minority on this one, at first. And reading the other posters here, with different viewings of the video, have caused me to change my mind.
My original opinions were probably mistaken.
But it is still a close case, I think.
One other thing: in some countries, Brazil for example, police CAN shoot at fleeing suspects. That is what I have read and what I've been told. If you run from the police, you can be fired on.
If I'm not mistaken, this was once the rule in the US as well, before the 20th century.