He did not attempt to crash through a roadblock. If he were attempting to crash through a roadblock, he would not have veered off to the left as seen in the video. He was attempting to evade, which is a completely different matter. He could have plowed right through, but the video makes it very clear he chose to attempt to evade. Garner vs. Tennessee made it clear that deadly force cannot be applied to a situation where a suspect is attempting to flee from police without the suspect threatening deadly force. As to the statement made concerning his willingness to die for the cause being admissable in a court of law, that would be decided by a judge, and the question would certainly have to be raised did it apply at the moment of the incident. Many here choose to look beyond the certain fact that the man never presented a weapon of any kind in the incident. I will say again that if a weapon is not presented, there can be no threat of bodily harm, especially to trained officers with weapons pointed at the suspect. If a weapon were presented, then have at him, fill him full of lead, you'd be fully justified. The fact remains that there was no weapon of any kind presented. It is a fine line I will admit, but a fine line that needs to be defended voraciously, because it is one of the fine lines that separate us from Nazi Germany or a banana republic.