An officer may use force that is reasonable and necessary to make an arrest or detention. Any additional use constitutes excessive force. In addition to the questions posed by the Graham v. Connor, courts weigh the need for force between the necessity and amount of force used, and the injuries caused by the officer's force. As well as the method of force used by the officer, the tool or weapon used. In the case United States v. Dykes (DC Cir. 2005). A judge says the use of a Taser and baton against Rodney King was neither reasonable nor criminally excessive. The officers involved in the Rodney King incident inflicted more than fifty blows and blows after King resisted the officers. King obeyed the orders the officer gave him. After King got down on his stomach, one of the officers kicked him and another hit him with a baton. Deadly force is a measure and is limited by several constitutional considerations. In a Supreme Court ruling, a rule allowing officers to use deadly force against a fleeing criminal has been struck down. There are a series of stages in which an officer may use deadly force: first, when threatened with a deadly weapon; second, when the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a threat of serious injury or death to the officer or others; and third, when the agent has probable cause to believe that the