Topic: Deadly Force|Policing

Barnes v. Felix:  Supreme Court rejects “moment-of-threat” rule in police shootings

By Greg Mermelstein, Deputy Director & General Counsel, Missouri Public Defender            Courts must consider the totality of circumstances – not just circumstances during the “moment of threat” — in determining whether police use of deadly force is objectively reasonable under the Fourth Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court held May 15 in Barnes v. Felix. […]