Deadly Force and a Civil Commitment Order
Author: Fred Cohen .
Source: Volume 17, Number 06, March/April 2016 , pp.93-94(2)
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Abstract:
In this article the question of taser use as an unreasonable use of force in response to stationary and non-violent resistance is posed after a young man dies while officers were attempting to take him into custody and return him to the hospital from which he had just fled.Keywords: Estate of Ronald H. Armstrong v. Village of Pinehurst; involuntary commitment
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