Well, well, well, look what Tim Walz signed into law in 2020 (MN law §609.066)

Revolver News ^ | 01/12/2026 | Staff

[Jan_Sobieski]

Whoopsie. Look what Tampon Tim signed into law back in 2020. As the circus over the George Floyd protests raged on, Minnesota’s Legislature updated its “use-of-force” statute, and Gov. Walz signed it into law that July.

Well, well, well…Look what Tim Walz signed into law in 2020: MN law §609.066: Officers can use deadly force if a driver accelerates toward them, creating immediate life-threatening danger. No need to wait for impact—they can act based on apparent intent & proximity. JUSTIFIED.

It’s real. Under Minnesota Statute 609.066, peace officers may use deadly force only when a reasonable officer believes it’s necessary to protect against death or great bodily harm. And it’s all based on the totality of circumstances known at the moment, not some hindsight debate after the fact…

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: crime; governorwalz; law; minnesomalia; minnesota; moonbats; presidentofsomalia; somalisota

[kvanbrunt2]

Well i still say officers shouldn’t stand in the middle of the street when crazies are out in their cars. That is just common sense.

[bobbo666]

“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.

[blackdog]

https://youtu.be/OjYoNL4g5Vg?si=7GUFM9IPzMXd4BOM

[TheDon]

Minneapolis DA is going to have a tough time winning a case against the ICE agent without this law.

[metmom]

Oh sure, let the crazies control the streets and terrorize the populace.

That’ll work out really well, won’t it?

[rolling_stone]

It will be removed to federal court if they try...

[Skwor]

Right and officers should not bother with reports of shooting as it can put them in harm’s way as well.

Your common sense is anything but.

Also, the criminal in question backup up and put the officer in the line of sight she was driving in, she aimed for him, guess that is his fault to.

[Skwor]

The law actually makes it harder for the DA, not sure what you are thinking.

Totality is an easier standard for the defense.

[blackdog]

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/609.066

[Pete Dovgan]

I say that people should start to consider a quote from FDR

“In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.”
― Franklin D. Roosevelt

Understanding the law, that the police and Federal officers can act if vehicles are coming towards them, think about the scenario. Two people drive from Colorado to Minnesota in the dead of winter to harass Federal agents and impair their ability to do their duty by the law. Then, one of them blocks them with her vehicle, the other gets out and videos while screaming at the first one to “DRIVE, DRIVE” as the officers surround the vehicle after telling her to stop......

Is this just and unfortunate event or is it coordinated by people around the driver, knowing the outcome, to distract from the Federal Fraud investigation in Minnesota and soon the rest of the nation? FDR would have an opinion about that.

[L.A.Justice]

Minneapolis DA is going to have a tough time winning a case against the ICE agent without this law.

I do not think that the local DA would be allowed to file charges against the ICE agent, a federal civil servant...

He was on duty, enforcing federal law, when he shot the woman...In my opinion, only US Attorney could file charges against him...

What if some off-duty federal agent kills some guy during a fight at a nightclub? Then the local DA has the right to file charges against him...In that hypothetical, the federal agent was not trying to enforce federal law...

[wasmv80]

bkmrk

[Flash Bazbeaux]

I just read the statute. I saw nothing about the specific instance of a peace officer standing in front of an accelerating vehicle.

[TheDon]

My statement can be read two ways. I should have continued:

“Minneapolis DA is going to have a tough time winning a case against the ICE agent without this law.”

With the law, much harder.

[desertsolitaire]

I have wondered, if the DOJ has such power to remove state court proceedongs to federal court, why is Tina Peters serving a proson sentence in Colorado that may include her death of old age before it finishes?

[Who is John Galt?]

Well i still say officers shouldn’t stand in the middle of the street when crazies are out in their cars. That is just common sense.

You would love Colorado; the state highway patrol is rarely seen on the interstates, so folks seem to routinely drive 10-20 mph over the speed limit. My wife mentioned recently, however, that someone got pulled over for doing about 125 mph on I-25, north of Denver. So, maybe 125 mph is a bit too much, even in Colorado.

Hey, Renee Good was from Colorado - maybe that explains why she thought it was OK to block two police vehicles, ignore multiple commands to get out of her car, and just drive away, hitting one of the officers with her car! Or, maybe hitting an officer with your car while resisting/evading arrest would be a bit too much, even in Colorado...

;^)

[TheDon]

Thanks for the link:

“(3) that the decision by a peace officer to use deadly force shall be evaluated from the perspective of a reasonable officer in the same situation, based on the totality of the circumstances known to or perceived by the officer at the time, rather than with the benefit of hindsight, and that the totality of the circumstances shall account for occasions when officers may be forced to make quick judgments about using deadly force;”

[ShadowAce]

Well i still say officers shouldn’t stand in the middle of the street when crazies are out in their cars. That is just common sense.

Well, I say that "Monday morning Quarterbacks" should be trying to instruct officers how to act in the middle of an active situation while you're not even in the same state.

[SMARTY]

Right...It's the reason trained officers are at work to uphold the law, and protect everyone against getting harmed or worse when discord is intentionally aimed at the general population

Demonstrators need to comprehend that voting citizens put those laws in place and until/unless other voting citizens change the law, it is what it IS!!!!!