Vol. 35 No. 25 POLICE OFFICERS’ USE OF DEADLY FORCE WAS REASONABLE WHERE DRIVER ATTEMPTING TO FLEE IGNORED COMMANDS TO STOP AND DROVE NEAR, TOWARD, AND AMONGST THE OFFICERS
In the July 2020 case of Monzon v. City of Murrieta,[1] the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that officers acted in an objectively reasonable manner in their use of deadly force on a driver of a van who posed an immediate threat to officers. In reaching its conclusion, the Court noted that the driver […]