"Applying this principle requires judgment. E.g., "feeling afraid" doesn't necessarily mean a person was actually threatened. "Harm" means _real_ physical, psychological, financial, etc. harm, not just ruffled feelings." Nationally the police routinely kill people for merely being afraid they might be threatening. They have killed many unarmed people that were not dangers to them, in fact. They have assumed the role white lynch mobs use to function. They are keeping down the people not in power. In this country, that activity has always had an element of white racism at its core.