According to the transcript, Cheek said: “But for responsible police behavior whereby the police did not shoot to kill, but they just shot to simply try to detain him.” [More]
Who teaches that?
I'm also wondering if community outrage is tempered by who the shooter was.
[Via Mack H]
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Well David, I had thought SCOTUS decided this very issue back in March. Does Cheek not keep up with the law?
* https://www.vox.com/2021/3/25/22350291/supreme-court-torres-madrid-police-shooting-excessive-force-fourth-amendment-john-roberts
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“We hold that the application of physical force to the body of a person with intent to restrain is a seizure,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority, “even if the person does not submit and is not subdued.”
But, at the very least, the Torres decision means that officers will not be immune from Fourth Amendment lawsuits because they tried but failed to detain someone using excessive force.
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This helps us, you know.
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