James Keith Bauer and Mary Ellen Bauer v. Mark Norris, Individually and as Deputy of the McCook County Sheriff's Office, South Dakota, Mark England

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• concluding that force was not justified, even though plaintiffs “were argumentative” and “vituperative,” because officers did not give a reason for the stop and there was “virtually no evidence” that (1
• concluding that the use of force in arresting the suspects was excessive even though they were “argumentative, vituperative, and threatened legal action” because there was no evidence of physical resistance or physical threats
• “ ‘[T]he use of any force by officers simply because a suspect is argumentative, contentious, or vituperative’ is not to be condoned.” (alteration in original
• “The use of any force by officers simply because a suspect is argumentative, contentious, or vituperative is not to be condoned.” (citation modified)
• “The use of force by officers simply because a suspect is argumentative, contentious, or vituperative is not to be condoned.”
• “The use of force by officers simply because a suspect is argumentative, contentious, or vituperative is not to be condoned.”

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