[DoodleDawg]

Even private citizens, who have a more stringent standard than police, are allowed to shoot to kill if they have a reasonable fear that their life may be in danger. So if someone kicks your door in at night, you don’t have to wait to see a gun to shoot him.

But in this case there was no kicking in the door at night. No reduced visibility. No sign of a weapon. No threatening words or gestures. So where was the threat?

And Supreme Court decisions have said police can shoot an unarmed suspect only if there is a threat to the officers or the public. Again, where was the threat here?

[Boogieman]

“So where was the threat?”

There doesn’t need to be a threat, there only needs to be a reasonable fear that your life (or the lives of others) may be in danger.

“And Supreme Court decisions have said police can shoot an unarmed suspect only if there is a threat to the officers or the public.”

Which decisions would those be?