Editing Use of force (section)

===''Tennessee v. Garner'' (1985)===
On October 3, 1974, Officers Elton Hymon and Leslie Wright of the [[Memphis Police Department]] were called to respond to a possible burglary. When they arrived to the scene, a woman standing on the porch began to tell them that she heard glass breaking and that she believed the house next door was being broken into. Officer Hymon went to check, where he saw Edward Garner, who was fleeing the scene. As Garner was climbing over the gate, Hymon called out "police, halt", and when Garner failed to do so, Hymon fatally shot Garner in the back of the head, despite being "reasonably sure" that Garner was unarmed. The Supreme Court held, in ''[[Tennessee v. Garner]]'', that deadly force may be used to prevent the escape of a fleeing felon only if the officer has [[probable cause]] to believe that the suspect poses a serious risk to the officer or to others.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tennessee v. Garner|url=https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/471/1.html|access-date=August 12, 2015|quote=[Deadly] force may not be used unless necessary to prevent the escape [of a fleeing suspect] and 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.}}</ref>