Belanger v. City of Hartford

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that “[a] reasonable police officer should know that swinging a baton at an individual’s face while [he is] facing away from the officer without prior warning would constitute a violation of that individual’s right to be free from excessive force”
• finding imminent harm exception applicable where police officer was alleged to have purposely swung his baton at plaintiff
• “A reasonable police officer should know that swinging a baton at an individual’s face while they are facing away from the officer without prior warning would constitute a violation of that individual’s right to be free from excessive force.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).