may 15, 1989 - Graham V. Connor

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In 1989 Petitioner Graham asked his friend, Barry, to drive him to a store to purchase juice to counteract an insulin reaction, however the stores line was too long so Graham requested to be driven to a friends home. Police officer Connor became suspicious when he noticed Graham enter and leave the store in a hurry, he followed Barry's car and made a stop. Backup officers arrived and handcuffed Graham while refusing to listen to Graham's attempts to explain, and during the arrest Graham sustained multiple injuries. Graham filed suit however it was decided that Graham did not have enough evidence and as such the jury, applying Johnson v. Glick, could not find the force applied was constitutionally excessive
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" All claims that law enforcement officials have used excessive force -- deadly or not -- in the course of an arrest, investigatory stop, or other "seizure" of a free citizen are properly analyzed under the Fourth Amendment's "objective reasonableness" standard, rather than under a substantive due process standard. "

“Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386 (1989).” Justia Law, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/490/386/.


https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/490/386/

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