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How courts have described this case

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• holding that there is no constitutional right to be free from witnessing a police action
• serving as one of the “extreme” factual scenarios justifying liability for ratification
• allowing a father in § 1983 case to recover for the loss of society and companionship incurred by the wrongful death of his son and looking to “Texas law for guidance on the damages recoverable for [plaintiff’s son’s] death”
• \[S]ubsequent acceptance of dangerous recklessness by policymaker tends to prove his pre-existing disposition and policy.\
• reckless disregard for public safety among police officers, attributable to example or acceptance by the city policymaker, is sufficient “affirmative link”
• cited with approval in Larez, 946 F. 2d at 647 and McRorie v. Shimoda, 795 F.2d 780, 784 (9th Cir. 1986)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).