He became a threat when he decided to flee from the police. He became a threat to every vehicle and pedestrian in the vicinity of each red light he ran.
Anyone facing you with a weapon is a threat to you......
Unless the guy with the knife can prove he was filleting fish before he got out of the car with knife in hand, he deserved to be shot.
Put me on the jury and the officer is innocent.....
“He became a threat when he decided to flee from the police.”
But when the fleeing stopped, the threat did to. It’s the law. According to VOX, “ Legally, what most matters in these shootings is whether police officers reasonably believed that their or others’ lives were in danger....” When the car stopped, he was no longer a threat to anyone.And unless he starts at someone or charges the police with drawn weapons or attempts to throw the knife, he is not a threat. And that’s all he had.
rwood