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To: dirtboy
>> No one has yet.

EXCESSIVE FORCE
A law enforcement officer has the right to use such force as is reasonably necessary under the circumstances to make a lawful arrest. An unreasonable seizure occurs when a law enforcement officer uses excessive force in making a lawful arrest.

Now someone did.

322 posted on 02/14/2013 12:53:26 PM PST by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 1 Corinthians 2:2)
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To: CynicalBear

That is a wikipedia-type sentence, not a law.

Dorner had used deadly force on the officers on the scene.

He still was armed and refusing to surrender.

He had killed a deputy when he tried to bolt the house earlier.

He was still armed and represented a lethal threat to officers on the scene.

Deadly force was justifiable until such time that he surrendered.

What if a sniper spotted where he was in the cabin and shot him dead that way? Would that make him less dead? Dead in a way more satisfactory to you?


333 posted on 02/14/2013 1:02:57 PM PST by dirtboy
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