In re Resignation of O'Brien

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that deadly force is acceptable when an officer is on foot and in the path 3 of a suspect’s accelerating vehicle
• holding that the court “must view the facts from [the officer’s] perspective at the time he decided to fire”
• explaining that the purpose to harm standard applies where a situation evolves quickly and forces an officer to respond quickly
• explaining that requiring an officer to “reevaluate whether a deadly threat has been eliminated after each shot . . . places additional risk on the officer not required by the Constitution.”
• holding as objectively reasonable officer’s decision to shoot the driver of a van which was accelerating in close quarters with two officers; “absolute certainty of harm need not precede an act of self-protection”
• holding as objectively reasonable officer’s decision to shoot the driver of a van which was accelerating in close quarters with two officers; “absolute certainty of harm need not precede an act of self-protection”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).