In what circumstances will a police officer be permitted to shoot and kill an unarmed, nondangerous suspect?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Graves v. Prestridge, CASE NO. 1:18-cv-001274-DAD-SKO (E.D. Cal. 2018):

In considering the government's interests, courts consider the "severity of the crime at issue, whether the suspect poses an immediate threat to the safety of the officers or others, and whether [the suspect] is actively resisting arrest or attempting to evade arrest by flight." Graham, 490 U.S. at 396 (citing Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1, 8-9 (1985)). "A police officer may not seize an unarmed, nondangerous suspect by shooting him dead," but if "there is 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." Tennessee, 471 U.S. at 11.

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