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Unbelievable. Perhaps in China 10 shots to the back of an unarmed man is responsible police action.
I swear Americans in the aggregate aren't even curious about their own system.
Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1 (1985)
Where the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a threat of serious physical harm, either to the officer or to others, it is not constitutionally unreasonable to prevent escape by using deadly force. Thus, if the suspect threatens the officer with a weapon or there is probable cause to believe that he has committed a crime involving the infliction or threatened infliction of serious physical harm, deadly force may be used if necessary to prevent escape, and if, where
feasible, some warning has been given. As applied in such circumstances, the Tennessee statute would pass constitutional muster.
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I think the legal term is reasonableness.
Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386 (1989)
A claim of excessive force by law enforcement during an arrest, stop, or other seizure of an individual is subject to the objective reasonableness standard of the Fourth Amendment, rather than a substantive due process standard under the Fourteenth Amendment. In other words, the facts and circumstances related to the use of force should drive the analysis, rather than any improper intent or motivation by the officer who used force.