Authorized use of force.
Subdivision 1. When authorized. Except as otherwise
provided in subdivision 2, reasonable force may be used upon or
toward the person of another without the other's consent when
the following circumstances exist or the actor reasonably
believes them to exist:
(1) when used by a public officer or one assisting a public
officer under the public officer's direction:
(a) in effecting a lawful arrest; or
(b) in the execution of legal process; or
(c) in enforcing an order of the court; or
(d) in executing any other duty imposed upon the public
officer by law; or
(2) when used by a person not a public officer in arresting
another in the cases and in the manner provided by law and
delivering the other to an officer competent to receive the
other into custody; or
(3) when used by any person in resisting or aiding another
to resist an offense against the person; or
(4) when used by any person in lawful possession of real or
personal property, or by another assisting the person in lawful
possession, in resisting a trespass upon or other unlawful
interference with such property; or
(5) when used by any person to prevent the escape, or to
retake following the escape, of a person lawfully held on a
charge or conviction of a crime; or
(6) when used by a parent, guardian, teacher, or other
lawful custodian of a child or pupil, in the exercise of lawful
authority, to restrain or correct such child or pupil; or
(7) when used by a school employee or school bus driver, in
the exercise of lawful authority, to restrain a child or pupil,
or to prevent bodily harm or death to another; or
(8) when used by a common carrier in expelling a passenger
who refuses to obey a lawful requirement for the conduct of
passengers and reasonable care is exercised with regard to the
passenger's personal safety; or
(9) when used to restrain a person who is mentally ill or
mentally defective from self-injury or injury to another or when
used by one with authority to do so to compel compliance with
reasonable requirements for the person's control, conduct, or
treatment; or
(10) when used by a public or private institution providing
custody or treatment against one lawfully committed to it to
compel compliance with reasonable requirements for the control,
conduct, or treatment of the committed person.
Subd. 2. Deadly force used against peace officers.
Deadly force may not be used against peace officers who have
announced their presence and are performing official duties at a
location where a person is committing a crime or an act that
would be a crime if committed by an adult.
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Justifiable taking of life.
The intentional taking of the life of another is not
authorized by section XXX.XX, except when necessary in resisting
or preventing an offense which the actor reasonably believes
exposes the actor or another to great bodily harm or death, or
preventing the commission of a felony in the actor's place of
abode.
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Authorized use of deadly force by peace officers.
Subdivision 1. Deadly force defined. For the
purposes of this section, "deadly force" means force which the
actor uses with the purpose of causing, or which the actor
should reasonably know creates a substantial risk of causing,
death or great bodily harm. The intentional discharge of a
firearm, other than a firearm loaded with less lethal munitions
and used by a peace officer within the scope of official duties,
in the direction of another person, or at a vehicle in which
another person is believed to be, constitutes deadly force.
"Less lethal munitions" means projectiles which are designed to
stun, temporarily incapacitate, or cause temporary discomfort to
a person. "Peace officer" has the meaning given in section
XXX.XX, subdivision 1.
Subd. 2. Use of deadly force. Notwithstanding the
provisions of section XXX.XX or XXX.XX, the use of deadly force
by a peace officer in the line of duty is justified only when
necessary:
(1) To protect the peace officer or another from apparent
death or great bodily harm;
(2) To effect the arrest or capture, or prevent the escape,
of a person whom the peace officer knows or has reasonable
grounds to believe has committed or attempted to commit a felony
involving the use or threatened use of deadly force; or
(3) To effect the arrest or capture, or prevent the escape,
of a person whom the officer knows or has reasonable grounds to
believe has committed or attempted to commit a felony if the
officer reasonably believes that the person will cause death or
great bodily harm if the person's apprehension is delayed.
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Directly from state law, verbatim, go it?
