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>> do police in the US shoot suspects when there is no threat other than the risk they will get away? > he or she may not use deadly force to prevent escape un
by molecule 11y ago
>> do police in the US shoot suspects when there is no threat other than the risk they will get away?
> he or she may not use deadly force to prevent escape unless "the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others."
> Which to say, yes. Although I don't think there's actually a requirement to verbally warn them.
Which is to say: not legally.
- Avshalom 11y agoIf you're running from a cop, you must be guilty. Right? Which means you're a criminal; which means you're probably a serious threat to others. It's a bit of a toothless ruling because it's about the cop's state of mind at-the-time which is damn hard to disprove, harder when it's a cop's word.
- branchan 11y agoWell I mean, it's kinda like a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you are running from a cop, then you are evading the police, which is a crime.
- jedmeyers 11y ago"If you're running from a cop, you must be guilty. Right?" - Guilty or not is for judge and jury to decide. So far the only charge will be "fleeing/evading the police". "Which means you're a criminal" - you are not a criminal unless convicted. "which means you're probably a serious threat to others." - 'probably' is the key word. Cops cannot shoot people because they are probably dangerous. "Probable cause to believe" is not the same as "probably".