dennis2146 wrote:
As an ex cop I have to disagree. Unless the running man has already harmed someone AND may harm someone else imminently the cop may not shoot. The old Fleeing Felon rule is no more.
The fleeing man may not hear the cop yell to Stop. What if the crime is auto theft, drug use, shoplifting, something for which there is no death penalty? Things are not as they were in the 1950’s.
Dennis
If someone comes on my property, gets in my car and starts to drive away and refuses to stop, do I have the right to shoot?