Hosts Thom Safrin and Chris Findley further discuss court cases clarifying Use of Force.  The discussion furthers the ideas that dictate law enforcement today inside the United States.  Thom and Chris dive deeper into this episode in this Fourth Amendment issue and discussion includes topics such as mental disabilities, officer articulation, and the stories inside of those additional cases which expound into other landmark cases and make more clear the principles and situation variables.

References

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Addition Suggested reading:

http://caselaw4cops.net/use_of_force/use_of_force.htm

More on the cases mentioned in this episode:

Pena v Leombruni

http://caselaw4cops.net/cases/aldaba_v_pickens_13_7034_10cir_2015.html

Plakas v Drinski

https://www.leagle.com/decision/19932167811fsupp135611990

 

Smith v Freland

https://openjurist.org/954/f2d/343/smith-v-freland

https://www.policeone.com/legal/articles/135084-The-4th-Amendment-and-deadly-force/

Thompson v Hubbard

https://www.ebpsociety.org/resources/quarterly/37-the-ebp-quarterly/vol-2-no-2/270-police-use-of-force-policy-and-excessive-force

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-8th-circuit/1215327.html

Force Science

http://www.forcescience.org