Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Perfectly typical taser deployment judged to be unconstitutional

A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit concluded that Officer McPherson's use of a taser in these circumstances "...violated Bryan's constitutional right to be free from excessive force." [TNT]

Excellent!

Anyone that downplays the significance or impact of this ruling is not being completely honest. It's huge.

See also [LINK].

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