[Pilsner]

But is the officer authorized use use lethal force against someone just because they won’t sign the ticket?

No. The officer is authorized to arrest, and take before a magistrate, a suspect he has charged with a crime, who has the opportunity to sign a ticket, and refuses to do so. If, while making a lawful arrest, an officer observes the suspect refuse to obey his commands, and further observes the suspect walk back towards a vehicle that may have firearms in it, and which is a deadly weapon itself, the officer is authorized to blow the suspect's head off.

[rogue yam]

If, while making a lawful arrest, an officer observes the suspect refuse to obey his commands, and further observes the suspect walk back towards a vehicle that may have firearms in it, and which is a deadly weapon itself, the officer is authorized to blow the suspect's head off.

You have said something really stupid here.

[muawiyah]

Since when are cops authorized to kill unarmed civilians without clear provocation?

Unarmed is unarmed. The fact the guy walks toward, or awayfrom, or into the path of a car means nothing. He's not in a car driving it.

You have to realize that if your hair-trigger standard were universal, and fully supported by the law, most Freepers would be out there at night hunting down cops to protect free people from tyranny.

[driftdiver]

“If, while making a lawful arrest, an officer observes the suspect refuse to obey his commands, and further observes the suspect walk back towards a vehicle that may have firearms in it, and which is a deadly weapon itself, the officer is authorized to blow the suspect’s head off.”

Yep, turn a revenue generating speed trap into a death penalty machine. Smooth move. How do you sleep at night?