RICHARD IJOSEPH DALEY

A Molotov cocktail is a glass bottle filled with gasoline and a cloth wick stuffed in the mouth of the bottle. Lighting the wick on fire and throwing the bottle at a target is a deadly weapon. Daley’s instruction if followed would have itself been a felony under Illinois law. Deadly force may only be used to preserve the life or safety of the public. If someone was making and holding Molotov cocktails in the middle of an open field and there were no people around, there would be no imminent danger and the police have many other ways of disarming and arresting the potential rioter or arsonist.

A Molotov cocktail is a glass bottle filled with gasoline and a cloth wick stuffed in the mouth of the bottle. Lighting the wick on fire and throwing the bottle at a target is a deadly weapon. Daley’s instruction if followed would have itself been a felony under Illinois law. Deadly force may only be used to preserve the life or safety of the public. If someone was making and holding Molotov cocktails in the middle of an open field and there were no people around, there would be no imminent danger and the police have many other ways of disarming and arresting the potential rioter or arsonist.