Allen O'Neal v. Waste Pro of Florida, Inc. and Shawn Glenn

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• holding that officers' use of firearms at close range, pointed at unarmed misdemeanor suspect's head, was excessive force
• holding that officers’ use of firearms at close range, pointed at unarmed misdemeanor suspect’s head, was excessive force
• holding that police officers’ pointing their guns at close range at a suspect was excessive force even though they did not fire the gun
• holding that the officers’ use of a drawn gun at close range when they pointed the gun at head of unarmed misdemeanor suspect is actionable
• holding that “when the seizure itself is otherwise proper the mere threat of force cannot be an excessive use of force within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment”
• holding that officer who 18 brandishes gun and “terrorizes a civilian . . . may not cause physical injury, but he has certainly 19 laid the building blocks for a section 1983 claim against him (internal citations omitted)

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