Note: The headline is a bit of a stretch. Failure to grant certiorari, i.e. declining to hear an appeal, does not mean that the U.S. Supreme Court concurs with the lower court's decision. As it turns out, Jeriel Edwards attorneys didn't present any evidence of record in response to the motion for summary judgement.
U.S. Supreme Court Concurs: Trouble Understanding Cops is ‘Resistance,’ Justifies Excessive Force
8 October 2021
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U.S. Supreme Court Concurs: Trouble Understanding Cops is ‘Resistance,’ Justifies Excessive Force
8 October 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to overturn a lower court ruling that justifies the use of excessive force by police on people who don’t understand police orders. Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute and the Supreme Court Clinic at the University of Texas School of Law had asked that Oklahoma police be held responsible for brutalizing an African-American man who, despite complying with police orders during an arrest, was subjected to excessive force and brutality, including being thrown to the ground, tasered, and placed in a chokehold that rendered him unconscious and required his hospitalization for three days. The petition ...
U.S. Supreme Court Concurs: Trouble Understanding Cops is 'Resistance,' Justifies Excessive Force
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to overturn a lower court ruling that justifies the use of excessive force by police on people who don’t understand police orders.
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