“totality” of circumstances also addresses what some courts did. Contrary to upper courts’ rulings, some went along with the idea that all that mattered in the officer’s mind was the instant before he felt a threat.
BShitte. An upper court re-iterated its ruling that the entire time frame is important. E.g., if a minor traffic stop the copper needs to keep in mind whether or not shooting is necessary considering there was no expectation of threat beforehand. OTOHand, if the stop was ‘cause the arsehole had already been IDed as violent then copper can approach with gun drawn and can shoot if the driver or passenger makes as asinine move.
Minneapolis DA is going to have a tough time winning a case against the ICE agent without this law.