Ahern v. City of Syracuse

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that although probable cause existed to prosecute for skateboarding and possession of marihuana, plaintiffs malicious prosecution claim as to resisting arrest survived summary judgment
• “[i]n the context of balance the same factors it considers in determining reasonable force under the Fourth Amendment: the crime committed, its severity, the threat of danger to the officer and society, and whether the suspect is resisting or attempting to evade arrest.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).