From: Ad 

Rich Gauszka wrote:
> Good - far too many of these idiots fleeing and injuring innocent people.
>
> http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0501/p25s01-usju.html
>
> In an important ruling defining Fourth Amendment protections against
> unreasonable searches and seizures in the context of high-speed police
> chases, the US Supreme Court on Monday gave a green light to law enforcement
> to use violent force to stop fleeing suspects who pose a substantial and
> immediate risk of serious physical injury to others.
>
> "A police officer's attempt to terminate a dangerous high-speed car chase
> that threatens the lives of innocent bystanders does not violate the Fourth
> Amendment, even when it places the fleeing motorist at risk of serious
> injury or death," writes Justice Antonin Scalia in the majority opinion.
>
>

Can a citizen thus shoot a fast moving cop who is threatening other road
users (inc pedestrians) because of his speed?

I say that because crashes involving cops cars "responding to an
emergency" are a fairly common cause of death & injury.

Adam

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