postman
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Also, you are operating from the luxury of watching a video you can pause, rewind and replay as often as you like, zooming in on the tires of the car, looking at how the steering wheel was turned, etc. The officer didn't have that luxury. If, as reports indicate, he was struck hard enough to cause internal bleeding, he very likely was in justified fear of his life and made a split-second decision to fire. Again, you have the luxury of time and coffee to examine the video. He did not.
Graham v. Connor | 490 U.S. 386 (1989)
holding that such actions must be judged under the Fourth Amendment, balancing the intrusion on the individual against the government's interests, considering factors like the crime's severity, threat level, and resistance, rather than the officer's subjective intent.

