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• Responding to man with gun call: Incoherent subject

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  "I ordered the subject to stop and drop the weapon. He continued to walk toward me."

• 'If you won't kill me, I will kill you!'

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  An officer recounts the reasoning behind his decision not to use deadly force

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• Should you shoot someone breaching the U.S. Capitol?

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  Decisions to use force, especially deadly force, are unquestionably the most critical an officer will ever make

• The incremental erosion of the Graham v. Connor constitutional use of force standard

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  The Rollice case is the latest in a series of questionable decisions involving police shootings where lower courts examine officer pre-shooting conduct

• Minneapolis police release officer video in fatal shooting

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  Chief Arradondo moved to release the video far earlier than usual, saying he wanted people to see it for themselves

• The rarity of deadly force

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  The true, but largely untold, story of police forgoing deadly force

• Tactical considerations from an OIS

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  Bodycam video of Chicago police fatally shooting a man who stabbed a sergeant is a brutal reminder of the dangers officers face

• A letter to the American public: Why ‘shoot them in the leg’ is not an effective strategy

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  When law enforcement practices become political fodder, both officers and civilians lose

• Struggle in car leads to deadly officer-involved shooting

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  Court decisions have held it is reasonable for officers to use deadly force to end a pursuit if a suspect engages in dangerous prior conduct or there is objective evidence of the driver’s intent to harm officers

• Ninth Circuit approves use of deadly force upon extremely reckless driver

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  This case demonstrates what the Supreme Court envisioned when creating the qualified immunity defense

• Prosecutor: Slain deputy a 'hero' for firing back

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  Video shows 'heroic' actions of officers who were ambushed by a suspect

• No qualified immunity for shooting prone suspect in the back

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  "By shooting an incapacitated, injured person who was not moving, and who was laying on his knife, the police officers crossed a ‘bright line’ and can be held liable."

• Minneapolis police chief, mayor launching policy changes

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  A new rule prevents officers involved in using deadly force from reviewing bodycam footage before completing an initial police report

• Eighth Circuit judges fail to comprehend threat rifle-bearing subject poses to police

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  Many federal judges are uninformed regarding the threat posed to officers by persons holding a firearm

• Is COVID-19 stress causing an increase in 'direct confrontation' suicide-by-cop encounters?

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  Anecdotal evidence seems to support that suicide by cop incidents are on the rise

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