[justlurking]

Of course, I also believe that police should be allowed to shoot at people running away that refuse to stop.

Under what conditions?

The law in your state may vary. But in mine (Texas), deadly force can be used during arrest:

(1) the actor reasonably believes the conduct for which arrest is authorized included the use or attempted use of deadly force; or
(2) the actor reasonably believes there is a substantial risk that the person to be arrested will cause death or serious bodily injury to the actor or another if the arrest is delayed.

There are some other qualifiers -- you can read it if you like.

My point is: there's no carte blanche under the law in my state to use deadly force in an arrest.

[cuban leaf]

Under what conditions?

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You have outstanding warrants and you have just had a physical brawl with the cop and then you run. At that point a reasonable cop may consider you VERY dangerous to any citizen you come across and he should try to drop you at all costs if you refuse to obey his command to stop as you run away.

Yes, even if you are running away.

I’m really tired of us pussyfooting around with this kind of behavior. It’s why we have this kind of behavior.

[cuban leaf]

I should point out that my list basically matches yours. I did not imply, but should have, that I didn’t mean literally anyone running from the police - like the guy running down the sidewalk, passing a cop, and the cop yells for him to stop.

This case was the type of case I was talking about. And your number 2 covers it.