[Cboldt]

-- [Probable cause] does not insulate a police officer from liability in a shooting --

Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't.

This is what Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1 (1985) says, in part ...

Thus, if ... there is probable cause to believe that he has committed a crime involving the infliction or threatened infliction of serious physical harm, deadly force may be used if necessary to prevent escape, and if, where feasible, some warning has been given.

But this sort of justification does not apply when the shooter is a civilian.

[Regal]

Very informative. Thanks for the cite!!!

[Boogieman]

So, I guess if I see Charlie Manson running down the street in an orange jumpsuit and leg irons, I wouldn’t be justified in shooting him, but a cop would?