When police with an arrest warrant informed a man he was under arrest, the man sped away, leading police on an 85 to 110 mile-per-hour chase. Twice the man telephoned the police dispatcher to demand the police stop chasing him, telling the dispatcher he was armed and would shoot. Other officers set up spikes at places they thought the man’s car would reach. However, one officer devised a plan to shoot at the man’s car to force the car to stop. Before the man reached the spikes, the officer shot at the car, but actually shot the man instead, with four bullets hitting his upper body. The man’s family sued the officer who shot and killed the man, citing the Fourth Amendment, and claiming the officer used excessive force. The United States Supreme Court held the shooting officer was entitled to qualified immunity, shielding the officer from being sued. (Mullenix v. Luna (U.S. Sup. Ct.; November 9, 2015) ___U.S.___ [136 S.Ct. 305, 193 L.Ed.2d 255, 25 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S. 555].)
