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· 10/7/2013

Donaldson v. Florida

Citations

  • 134 S. Ct. 285
  • 187 L. Ed. 2d 206
  • 82 U.S.L.W. 3187
  • 571 U.S. 914
  • 2013 WL 3809682
  • 2013 U.S. LEXIS 6629

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  • use of a stun gun to incapacitate a driver stopped for a seat belt infraction who, although acting erratically, neither attempted to flee nor posed any outward threat to the officer constituted a disproportionate and unjustified use of force
  • applying Graham balancing test to the use of tasers

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