Ohio ex rel. Hawke v. Brown

How courts have described this case

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• holding that there was no constitutional deprivation where \all witnesses agreed\ that the officer had reasonably perceived a threat at the time of the shooting
• upholding deadly force when suspect refused instructions to exit the vehicle and reached down to the floorboard
• rejecting jury charge allowing “the jury to impose liability if the jurors believed that the officers were guilty of ordinary negligence in not identifying themselves by a display of flashing lights¡ or otherwise and that this negligence was a proximate cause of the resulting injury”
• suspect who tried to flee scene of drug deal reached down into car when ordered to exit
• “[N]o right is guaranteed by federal law that one will be free from circumstances where he will be endangered by the misinterpretation of his acts.”
• suspect who tried to flee scene of drug deal reached down into car when ordered to exit

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