Bad Boys II

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(06-13-2020, 08:16 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Yeah. The whole "he was fleeing thing" has a lot more nuance to it than people think. Tennessee v. Garner makes it so an officer cannot shoot a fleeing suspect unless they have reason to believe they are threat to life or limb to the cop or others. So, assault a cop and steal a weapon? Even with it being a taser I'd see that as a threat.

Even if you didn't want to see it as a threat, the second he turned while running and pointed the stolen taser AT the chasing police officer? That's 100% a threat there.

The one police officer already deployed his taser and was now getting aimed at, and the second police officer didn't have a taser anymore because it was stolen and only had his gun to protect his partner's safety with.

If you attack police, steal their weapon, and point it at them? You're not a victim.