Published July 13, 2026 at 5:20 PM ET · Updated July 13, 2026 at 6:05 PM ET
Protests erupt in Maine after fatal shooting during ICE raid
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A fatal shooting occurred during an ICE operation in Maine, according to ABC News. Protests broke out in the area following the incident.
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⚖ The Constitutional Angle
A fatal shooting by officers is a Fourth Amendment seizure. Tennessee v. Garner held it unreasonable to use deadly force against an apparently unarmed nondangerous fleeing suspect. Graham v. Connor requires the force be objectively reasonable, and Barnes v. Felix says that judgment must weigh the totality of circumstances leading up to it, not just the instant of the shot.
Tennessee v. Edward Garner 471 U.S. 1 (1985)
Vote: 6-3
Constitutionalized the use of deadly force as a Fourth Amendment 'seizure.' The apprehension of a suspect by deadly force is a seizure, and it is unreasonable to use deadly force against an apparently unarmed, nondangerous fleeing suspect.
Dethorne Graham v. M. S. Connor 490 U.S. 386 (1989)
Vote: 9-0 (unanimous in the judgment; Blackmun, Brennan, and Marshall concurred in part and in…
Established the governing standard for all police use-of-force claims: 'objective reasonableness' under the Fourth Amendment. All claims that law-enforcement officers used excessive force in the course of an arrest, investigatory stop, or other 'seizure' of a free citizen are analyzed under the Fourth Amendment's objective-reasonableness standard, not under substantive due process.
Janice Hughes Barnes, individually and as representative of the Estate of Ashtian Barnes, Deceased v. Roberto Felix, Jr. 605 U.S. 73 (2025)
Vote: 9-0 (unanimous)
Adopted the totality-of-the-circumstances rule for excessive-force analysis and rejected the 'moment-of-threat' doctrine. A court assessing whether an officer's use of force was objectively reasonable under Graham v. Connor must consider all the relevant circumstances, including the events leading up to the use of force — not just the narrow instant when the officer perceived a threat.
Precedent facts from the PW Law Library — primary-source verified & independently audited
