Seventh Circuit· 8/29/2002

Smith v. Ball State Univ.

Citations

295 F.3d 763

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holding that the forcible removal of the occupant from a vehicle during an investigatory stop was reasonable
holding that the forcible removal of the occupant from a vehicle during an investigatory stop was reasonable
finding that officers’ use of a “straight arm bar” technique was a reasonable amount of force to remove a nonresponsive subject from a vehicle
finding that officers did not use excessive force by using a “straight arm bar” technique to remove an intoxicated and nonresponsive driver from a vehicle
evaluating police actions in forcibly removing from his car a person in diabetic shock who drove onto a sidewalk, barely missing pedestrians
finding reasonable force where officer tried to use a \knee strike\ on a diabetic driver who appeared to be struggling with other officers extracting driver from car using arm-lock

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