In this particular case, however, the police were already in a safe position across the street and behind their vehicles. The decedent was standing in the doorw

In this particular case, however, the police were already in a safe position across the street and behind their vehicles. The decedent was standing in the doorway and posed no obvious, immediate threat to anyone at the time he was shot. There is indeed a continuum, but this particular case was at the low end of the band.