In the US, they can and do create any quantum theory of your potential actions as legal justification for any preemptive action in their local department’s cata

In the US, they can and do create any quantum theory of your potential actions as legal justification for any preemptive action in their local department’s catalogue of actions, which you will never be privy to at the time. You are also not privy to the exact way in which you cease being an eliminable quantum threat, which may be nonexistent. In some departments, officers have been fired for not eliminating a threat that the officer felt didn’t need to be “eliminated”. So extrajudicial capital punishment for basically anything is legal in every state and territory in the US. “Justified” only means that the action the officer chose was one of the equally weighted choices in the department’s current catalogue. It is not a tiered response, it is only an available response.