Philadelphia Inquirer: It should be unconstitutional when police officers kill fleeing felony suspects, Philly DA’s office says

Philadelphia Inquirer: It should be unconstitutional when police officers kill fleeing felony suspects, Philly DA’s office says by Chris Palmer:

A month before the trial of former Philadelphia Police Officer Ryan Pownall, charged with third-degree murder for shooting a North Philadelphia man to death during a traffic stop, prosecutors are taking aim at the state law that allows police to use deadly force in some circumstances.

The District Attorney’s Office has asked the judge to give jurors instructions about the state’s use-of-force law that would essentially undercut what is expected to be the main theory of Pownall’s defense: That he was legally justified in firing his gun at David Jones, who ran away from Pownall after being stopped while riding a dirt bike and illegally carrying a firearm in 2017.

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