John Dewitt McDowell v. R.R. Rogers, D.E. Ross, and R.L. Martin

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• holding that a blow from a nightstick to a handcuffed, unresisting suspect was constitutionally unreasonable
• holding blow to cuffed, unresisting suspect unreasonable
• need for force is “nonexistent” when suspect is handcuffed and not trying to resist or escape
• blow with nightstick to handcuffed, unresisting suspect would be gratuitous and therefore unreasonable

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