Vol. 41 No. 4 OFFICER ENTITLED TO QUALIFIED IMMUNITY FOR FATAL SHOOTING OF FLEEING SUSPECT HOLDING INFANT WHERE NO CLEARLY ESTABLISHED LAW PROHIBITED THE USE OF DEADLY FORCE UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Fuhr v. City of Seattle,[1] affirmed the grant of qualified immunity to a police officer who shot and killed a suspect who was fleeing police despite warnings to stop while holding his infant daughter. The Court did not decide whether a Fourth Amendment violation occurred, but held only […]