December 7, 201510 yr Maybe isn't enough as I read summaries of Tennessee vs Garner. From Wiki: Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1 (1985)[1], was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that, under the Fourth Amendment, when a law enforcement officer is pursuing a fleeing suspect, he or she may not use deadly force to prevent escape unless "the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others." If the police did not KNOW there were people in the park then they would seen to have not had probable cause to believe there was the chance of death or injury. What I do not know is other cases where there was a gun possessed by the fleeing suspect. Need to look more. I'm not sure the police have to KNOW people are in the park for probable cause to exist. Probable cause isn't 100% fact.
December 11, 201510 yr Rahm Emanuel needs to get another job. This leach as sucked the Chicago tax payers dry. Chicago needs to go in a different direction.
September 5, 201610 yr The police chief has recommended termination for 5 officers who lied on their report about this case. A 6th officer resigned.
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