Bad Boys II

[Dill]

(06-26-2020, 09:17 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Dill: Rolfe shot Brooks in the back. As I noted in an earlier post, Federal/Georgia law forbids lethal force unless the officer directly threatened with death or grievous bodily harm, or presents that threat to others.
The law does not say that if you struggle with a police officer and then flee, the officer is free to shoot--in a parking lot with people, no less.


The law does not say that if you struggle with a police officer and then flee, the officer is free to shoot--in a parking lot with people, no less.
I have 0 idea how many times I can say this: Brooks was not shot for fleeing. 

I have 0 idea how many times I can say this--The law cares about this point:

was the fleeing suspect shot in self defense or to defend others against death or serious bodily injury?

The prosecution is then interested not in whether Brooks was shot FOR fleeing, but whether he could pose a threat to the shooter if shot WHILE fleeing.

If it is determined that the officer did not shoot Brooks in the back to defend himself or others from an immediate threat, the shooting was in violation of the law.  

Then it doesn't matter if Brooks was shot for fleeing or target practice or because he made some officers look bad.

Whatever reason was the wrong reason.