[DoodleDawg]

now he’s headed toward a retail parking lot with people getting in and out of cars. he has a taser so that’s a risk for carjacking. there’s also the pawn shop which probably has lots of guns

So what better way to protect that public than by firing wildly in their direction, trying to hit running man?

letting him go means exposing the public in that retail area to the risk of serious injury or death - which is the Supreme Court standard for use of deadly force.

Sure, try that defense at the trial. Once the jury and judge stop laughing I predict your client will be convicted.

[Reverend Wright]

im not a lawyer, but i read a lot of law blogs yesterday. and some quite liberal lawyers made the argument that juries allow wide latitude to police officers on deadly force issues. (they’re liberal so they didn’t like it).

the standard is serious risk of physical harm. and they are going to try to portray
Scott as posing that risk.