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Kharnsjockstrap t1_j8g4jfl wrote

To be fair it can be quite vague in a lot of cases. For example if someone is accused of a violent assault and then flees toward a group of people when police approach them is it reasonable or unreasonable to think he could harm someone if he’s able to reach the group. Or if someone is wanted for murder and flees police should police be held accountable for another murder they commit after escaping when they could have shot the person while they were fleeing?

This all hinges on reasonable belief and of course this calculus changes if it’s drug related and no weapon is involved or something but personally when it comes to fleeing felon type rules there’s reasonable arguments in both directions.

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