@Shipwreckedcrew aka attorney Bill Shipley
Minneapolis Is Not Even A Close Call -- A Lawsplainer On Officer-Involved Shooting
The only perspective that matters is the perspective of the Officer at the time he uses deadly force in response to a threat."The Image above proves the ICE Officer was justified in his decision to use deadly force. He had no obligation to step out of the way that would benefit her or subject him to prosecution. He had no obligation to allow her to drive away from an attempt to detain her after the Officer at the door of her car ordered her to stop and exit the vehicle....
"...An "assault" is any intentional and voluntary attempt or threat to do injury to the person of another, when coupled with the apparent present ability to do so sufficient to put the person against whom the attempt is made in fear of immediate bodily harm....
"...The point is that Renee Good committed an aggravated felony against the ICE Officer before he drew his weapon and fired his first shot.
"IT DOES NOT MATTER WHETHER SHE ACTUALLY STRUCK HIM WITH HER VEHICLE.
"As the jury instruction states, the assault is complete
"if the defendant's conduct places the officer in fear for his life or safety…"That means that when the ICE Officer fired his weapon, he was attempting to "seize" a fleeing felon. All uses of force lethal and non-lethal to immobilize a suspected criminal offender are "seizures." The Fourth Amendment requires that seizures be "reasonable" in order to comply with the Fourth Amendment...."
"...Did the ICE Officer in Minneapolis have "probable cause" to believe Ms. Good had committed a crime involving the threatened infliction of serious physical harm? If yes …
"deadly force may be used if necessary to prevent escape.""...Just moments before the shooting, Ms. Good had parked her vehicle across the lane of travel in which she was headed, creating a hazard for other vehicles on the roadway. Ms. Good was completely aware and uncaring about the hazards she was creating for others by her conduct.
"She capped it off with a felonious aggravated assault with a deadly weapon against the Officer as she attempted to evade a lawful effort to detain her for her obstructive behavior."
[Photo of the final confrontation - partial analysis here]
"...The ICE Officer is now in front of her driver's side headlight, and her wheels are facing straight ahead.
At this moment her front wheels break traction as she attempts to accelerate forward. Had the tires not spun on the ice she would have made immediate and forceful contact.
"Just a fraction of a second later you see the ICE Officer drawing his firearm her wheels are still straight. That's the moment he decided to use deadly force *my emphasis* he recognized at that moment the fact that she was about to run him over. He resorted to deadly force in self-defense and defense of others.
"That's it.
"As a federal prosecutor, if tasked to evaluate the lawfulness of his decision to use deadly force, I would have cleared him based on these four images and the video source alone. No other video produced so far does anything to call that conclusion into question."
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