William Witherspoon v. State of Florida

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• holding plaintiff was an imminent threat to officers who responded to a drunk driving call when the plaintiff may have had access to weapons based on information in the police database
• finding the threat to officer safety to justify the use a taser, citing Thomas v. City of Eastpointe, 715 Fed. Appx. 458, 460 (6th Cir. 2017) for its review of case law holding that use of a taser is justified when a suspect exhibits “active resistance.”

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