Excessive Force Kills Detoxing Detainee: 300 Lb. Officer Knelt on Prone Detainee’s Back
Author: Fred Cohen.
Source: Volume 19, Number 04, November/December 2017 , pp.63-64(2)
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Abstract:
In Kulpa v. Cantea, 2017 WL 3888000 (6th Cir.) the Sixth Circuit reversed a district court’s summary judgment for defendants. The ruling precedent is Kingsley v. Hendrickson, 135 S.Ct. 2466 (2015). The 6th Circuit ruled that a jury could find that the defendants knew Kulpa was mentally ill, engaged in odd behavior, and officers opined he was detoxing. Six officers ringed the incoherent 63-year-old and the 300-pound Cantea delivered the final excessively lethal pressure leading to death from asphyxiation.Keywords: Excessive Force; Kulpa v. Cantea
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