Police are furious California lawmakers are trying to limit their use of deadly force

Franklin Zimring quoted by VICE News, April 5, 2018

“We have a history of an overwhelming tendency, whenever there’s any ambiguity, of giving the officer the benefit of the doubt,” said Franklin Zimring. … “But the much more specific ‘imminent threat of life or great bodily harm’ standard is a clear message of what the currency should be. You don’t kill people unless lives are at stake.”