Some people were shot in the back while running and others were passengers in fleeing cars,” according to the Guardian piece. In a key case, the U.S. Supreme Court, in 1985, provided immunity for officers, ruling police can use lethal force against a fleeing person only if they “reasonably” believed that person was an imminent threat. MPV data shows that in 2022 through mid-July, officers killed 633 people, including 202 who were fleeing. In 2021, 368 victims were fleeing (32 percent of all killings); in 2020, 380 were fleeing (33 percent); and in 2019, 325 were fleeing (30 percent. Black victims were even more overrepresented in cases involving people fleeing on foot, making up 35 percent to 54 percent of those fatalities.

Source: ABC News August 04, 2022 10:17 UTC