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Originally Posted by Zeke
[*]An officer can also shoot a fleeing suspect if the officer believes the suspect has committed a violent felony and his or her escape would pose a significant and serious threat, he said.
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That's terribly loose. It's pretty close to 'at will.' It doesn't even say 'reasonably believes.' It just says 'believes.'
I wonder what the statutory language is. I don't hold with this as law, as you have presented it. If that's the law, it needs to be revised.
And I do think Wilson was shooting at Brown as Brown fled. Otherwise, what makes him stop running and turn around, as all the witnesses have said he did?