Re:Why shooting to wound doesn't make sense scientifically, ...
by Avshalom on Thursday August 06, 2015 @04:07PM
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If 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.
Re:Why shooting to wound doesn't make sense scientifically, ...
by jedmeyers on Thursday August 06, 2015 @05:11PM
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"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".
> 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.