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Liberty wrote:

txinvestigator wrote: It is plain and simple not a valid justification, and we need to stop spreading that myth.

Getting in a car around here is reason for most folks to fear for their life.

Charles L. Cotton wrote: Fear alone is not enough to use deadly force, but it is almost always present if one believes their life is in immediate jeopardy.

Chas.

frankie_the_yankee wrote:See the following excerpt from a story in the Austin American Statesman. It relates to an officer involved shooting.

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The woman, who was handcuffed, motioned with her eyes to a hall, and police followed her signal, Police Chief Art Acevedo said.

That's when a man emerged from around a corner wielding a knife, and the officers told him to put it down.

Instead, Acevedo said, he raised it, and one of the officers fired two shots, killing him.

"The officers were within eight to 10 feet of the suspect, fearing for their lives, and had no other choice," he said.

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Note that the chief cited 'fear for their lives' as justification for the officers' use of deadly force.

BTW, I fully agree from the info given that this was a legitimate use of force.

IMO, if reasonable "fear for their lives" is good enough for the police, it is good enough for you and me.

Texas Penal Code

§ 9.32. DEADLY FORCE IN DEFENSE OF PERSON. (a) A person
is justified in using deadly force against another:
(1) if he would be justified in using force against the
other under Section 9.31;
(2) if a reasonable person in the actor's situation
would not have retreated; and
(3) when and to the degree he reasonably believes the
deadly force is immediately necessary:
(A) to protect himself against the other's use or
attempted use of unlawful deadly force;