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US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, use of force
34 alternatives to, 14–15
US Supreme Court, 27, 31, 36 cities with new restrictions on, 15
police should have conditions necessary for use of deadly
allows for mistakes made when quick force, 8
decisions are necessary, 30 de-escalation training reduces, 16
basic facts about, 25 duty-to-intervene policies, 15
ending will result in harm to public as well greater restrictions are needed on
as officers, 28 bans on shooting fleeing suspects, 15–17
ending will result in hesitation and more basic facts about, 12
deadly use of force, 28–29 minimal amount of force necessary
existing rules and regulations address should be used, 14–15
rogue behavior, 28 to regain public’s trust in law
limiting, deters highly qualified individuals enforcement, 14
from entering law enforcement, 26 strangleholds and chokeholds, 17–18
offers only partial protection, 30–31 greater restrictions are not needed on
as other civil servants have, 29–30 are based on misapprehensions, 23–24
police should not have basic facts about, 12
basic facts about, 25 endanger officers and public, 20–21
concerns about bankrupting officers increase in violent crime results from
overstated, 34–35 restrictions, 20, 21
is a judge-made doctrine and not policing is made more difficult, 21–23
constitutional right, 33 restrictions create confusion among
prevents victims from getting justice, police, 19–20
35–37 result in increase in police resignations,
public opinion about, 32–33, 36 suicides, and early retirement, 20
results in lack of accountability, 35 most officers try to avoid, 24
should be accountable for actions, 33–34 number of citizen complaints and, 15
police definition of, 8
Reinert, Alexander, 32 videos of, 13
Robinson, David, 9 wearing of body cameras reduces, 40–42
See also qualified immunity
Schwartz, Joanna C., 33, 37 use-of-force continuum, 8
strangleholds, 17–18 US Supreme Court
Stroth, Andrew M., 17 qualified immunity decisions, 27, 31, 36
shooting fleeing suspect decision, 16
Taser, use of, 6, 14
Task Force on Policing (Council on Criminal vehicle pursuits, 15–16, 22–23
Justice), 40–41 Viridian Weapon Technologies, 47
Taylor, Breonna, 40 Vox/Data for Progress, 32–33
Toledo, Adam, 17
Washington State, 22
United Kingdom, 41–42 Wexler, Chuck, 20
University of Chicago Crime Lab, 40–41 White, Michael, 47, 48
US Congress White Americans
George Floyd Justice in Policing Act likelihood of males being killed by police,
(proposed, 2021), 11, 33 7, 9
qualified immunity and, 27–28, 33 opinion about police’s racial fairness, 10
US House of Representatives law Wilborn, Rick, 47–48
mandating body cameras, 45 Willett, Don, 34
US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 34 Wright, Daunte, 6
US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit,
36–37 Yu, Harlan, 45

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