To: FormerLib
Armed robbery is a violent felony. Are police allowed to use deadly force to stop fleeing violent felons?
30 posted on
09/07/2007 9:05:19 AM PDT by
coloradan
(Failing to protect the liberties of your enemies establishes precedents that will reach to yourself.)
To: coloradan
I believe so.....keyword being “police”. It would be nice if a LEO chimed in to put a finer point on it.
31 posted on
09/07/2007 9:06:55 AM PDT by
taxed2death
(A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
To: coloradan
Since the shooter wasn’t a police officer and there’s nothing to suggest that the burglars, as opposed to robbers, were armed, that’s a moot point.
33 posted on
09/07/2007 9:16:31 AM PDT by
FormerLib
(Sacrificing our land and our blood cannot buy protection from jihad.-Bishop Artemije of Kosovo)
To: coloradan
are police allowed to use deadly force to stop fleeing violent felons?There is his defense, I was making a citizens arrest and used necessary force to apprehend the suspect.
54 posted on
09/07/2007 9:59:57 AM PDT by
Ouderkirk
(Don't you think it's interesting how death and destruction seems to happen wherever Muslims gather.)
To: coloradan
"Armed robbery is a violent felony. Are police allowed to use deadly force to stop fleeing violent felons?" Not even cops can shoot a fleeing felon unless they believe (and better be able to prove) that the criminal was an imminent threat to the cops or the public. Remember the ICE guys who are in jail for shooting a fleeing drug dealer?
66 posted on
09/07/2007 10:15:22 AM PDT by
Soliton
(Freddie T is the one for me! (c))
To: coloradan
Are police allowed to use deadly force to stop fleeing violent felons?...Actually, NO.
68 posted on
09/07/2007 10:31:54 AM PDT by
Safetgiver
(So simple, even a Muslim can do it.)
To: coloradan
Police are but citizens aren’t
80 posted on
09/07/2007 10:56:01 AM PDT by
TheKidster
(you can only trust government to grow, consolidate power and infringe upon your liberties.)
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