Finally read the Fifth Circuit tasing case - a man doused himself with gas and had a lighter. The police knew if they taser him, he’d ignite. They did so b/c of the threat.

I wanted to highlight something 1/

https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/unpub/20/20-10055.0.pdf
A lot of qualified immunity analysis rests on whether the actions are unreasonable under previous published decisions. Ok. But it’s the court itself which decides not to publish! 2/
Now this particular case didn’t turn on the clearly established prong exactly, but the Court says those questions are intertwined anyway with whether the force used was excessive. /3
Also, this is is one of the biggest problem with QI doctrine - what the Court calls "granularity." Did you shoot the man with a blue gun and not a red one? It's different!
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