Walk It Through: The Takedown
The force believed necessary, deadly force in narrower cases, and six months for a written statement.
An officer stops a delivery driver who matches the description in a robbery call, and the driver pulls away from the officer's grip.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One stop and one driver. Federal claims, immunities, and escapes from custody are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Deadly forceForce a peace officer is justified in using only when believed necessary to prevent death or serious bodily injury, or to prevent an arrest for a forcible felony from being defeated by resistance or escape.
- Simple assaultAttempting to cause, or intentionally, knowingly or recklessly causing, bodily injury to another, or putting another in fear of imminent serious bodily injury by physical menace; generally a misdemeanor of the second degree.