F.4th, 2023 WL 2763672

Franklin v. City of Charlotte

Submitted by Re'Neisha Stevenson on Tue, 04/11/2023 - 14:34

Well established in this Circuit that carrying a weapon, without more, does not justify an officer’s choice to shoot”; where jury could conclude that suspect was dropping weapon, not threatening anyone with it, officer would violate clearly established rights by shooting him; court notes that “the intensity of the situation emanated not from [the suspect], but from the volume and vigor of the officer’s commands.