Showing posts with label vehicle pursuit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vehicle pursuit. Show all posts

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Supreme Court case on use of deadly force to stop vehicle pursuit

Shortly, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument on a case that may provide clearer rules on when police can use (and can get qualified immunity) when deadly force is used  to stop a suspect fleeing in a vehicle.  The incident began with a traffic stop for a busted headlight and ended around 10 minutes later with multiple police officers firing a total of 15 rounds into the fleeing vehicle. Killed were the driver, Donald Rickard, and his passenger, Kelly Allen, both of whom were unarmed.  The case is Plumhoff v. Rickard.