I do understand, these are never clear cut, and my 5mph reference comes from previous court rulings (not supreme court though). However, the immediate danger to the officer is clearly limited by the fact that there was virtually no room to accelerate to a lethal speed. The danger to others is also clearly very low, as the street behind the ICE truck is empty and Renee is lucid and sober in the officer' own bodycam footage. Lethal force is not allowed on fleeing suspects, and all the circumstances leading up to the use of force must be considered, not merely the moment of threat. Your officer friend had no other choice. I think it's clear that this officer did

I'm afraid the courts demand such a threshold to determine whether or not the officer can reasonably fear for his life. I have seen the bodycam footage, if the officer feared for his life, he should not have been out in the field. Otherwise, he had no reason to shoot. Police states don't appear overnight, as anyone who's lived in one can tell you. They begin when the government justifies police brutality with "she deserved it" and the population accepts it. To be passive is to submit to authority, and if that authority does anything to threaten the people, you and everyone else has a duty to hold them accountable or you will end up in a police state, whether you voted for it or not

So should the police just shoot protesters who get in their way? Lethal force is only justified when the officer can reasonably believe their life is in danger, which looking at that video is clearly not true

First off, I do truly appreciate those comments, they put this situation into perspective. Driving a car towards someone is considered justification of lethal force when the car is travelling over 5mph and the officer cannot escape the path of the vehicle. The real world is a cruel place, and human life is beautiful and fragile. That is all the more reason to create laws to prevent things like murder and rape and theft, and crucially, to hold those who are meant to protect us accountable when they kill us. My view of this situation is that Renee made a bad decision but she did not deserve force, let alone lethal force. As for the officer, it is a failure on the part of ICE that they did not provide sufficient firearms training to protect his life and the lives of others