When Can the Police Shoot You as a Fleeing Felon
My question involves criminal law for the state of: CA
An officer approaches you on the street, asks for ID, you take off running, at that point in time are you a fleeing felon? Isn't evading/running from the officer a felony offense? Then does that give the officer the justification to shoot you in the back? I'm under the impression an officer can lawfully shoot a fleeing felon (of any felony degree) and am I right to say that would even include a child or minor?
Re: When Can the Police Shoot You as a Fleeing Felon
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My question involves criminal law for the state of: CA
An officer approaches you on the street, asks for ID, you take off running, at that point in time are you a fleeing felon?
No. In fact, if that is ALL that has happened, you might not even be committing a crime! If there is ANY crime, it would be for resisting, obstructing or delaying an officer pursuant to PC 148(a).
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Isn't evading/running from the officer a felony offense?
Not in CA.
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Then does that give the officer the justification to shoot you in the back? I'm under the impression an officer can lawfully shoot a fleeing felon (of any felony degree) and am I right to say that would even include a child or minor?
Uh ... no.
http://supreme.justia.com/cases/fede...71/1/case.html