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· 6/29/2018

in the Matter of the Estate of Randy Lloyd

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  • observing that on a defendant’s motion for summary judgment, when videotape captures the events in question the court considers the undisputed video footage and adopts the plaintiff’s version of any facts not caught on film
  • adopting “the plaintiff’s version of any facts not caught on film”
  • “Reasonable officers in this circuit will pay attention to this court’s caselaw. . . . But we can’t expect officers to keep track of persuasive authority from every one of our sister circuits.” (emphasis added)
  • “[W]e can’t expect officers to keep track of persuasive authority from every one of our sister circuits. They spend their time trying to protect the public, not reading casebooks.”
  • “In describing what happened, we rely mainly on undisputed video footage from police dashboard cameras on the scene. We adopt the plaintiff’s version of any facts not caught on film.”
  • “[W]e must consider what was reasonable from the officer’s perspective, not the suspect’s.”

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