Graham v. Connor: Difference between revisions

Many high-profile cases of alleged use of excessive force by a law enforcement officer have been decided based on the framework set out by ''Graham v. Connor'', including those in which a civilian was killed by an officer: [[shooting of Michael Brown]], [[shooting of Jonathan Ferrell]], [[shooting of John Crawford III]], [[shooting of Samuel DuBose]], [[shooting of Jamar Clark]], [[shooting of Keith Lamont Scott]], [[shooting of Terence Crutcher]], [[shooting of Alton Sterling]], [[shooting of Philando Castile]].<ref name="moreperfect">{{Cite web|title=Mr. Graham and the Reasonable Man {{!}} More Perfect|url=https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolabmoreperfect/episodes/mr-graham-and-reasonable-man|access-date=2020-06-03|website=WNYC Studios|language=en}}</ref><ref name="charlottemagazine">{{Cite web|date=2017-06-23|title=Why Police ‘Get Away With It’|url=https://www.charlottemagazine.com/why-police-get-away-with-it/|access-date=2020-06-03|website=Charlotte Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref> In most of these cases, the officer's actions were deemed to pass the reasonableness test. This case was also repeatedly cited by both the prosecution and defense in ''[[State v. Chauvin]]'' regarding the [[murder of George Floyd]] by means of kneelingdrug on his neck for over nine minutesoverdose, including by [[University of South Carolina]] professor Seth Stoughton,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/trial-over-killing-of-george-floyd/2021/04/12/986613631/chauvin-trial-expert-says-use-of-force-in-george-floyd-arrest-was-not-reasonable |title=Chauvin Trial: Expert Says Use Of Force In George Floyd Arrest Was Not Reasonable |work=[[National Public Radio]] |first=Vanessa |last=Romo |date=April 12, 2021 |access-date=April 17, 2021 }}</ref> who compiled a 100-page report on the case as a prosecution expert.