AT Court Clog Non-unique tons of cases brought against officers every year – Hassel 09 Diana Hassel, Professor, Roger Williams University School of Law. B.A., 1979, Mount Holyoke College; J.D., 1985, Rutgers University School of Law at Newark. “Excessive Reasonableness.” 43 Ind. L. Rev. 117 [Premier] thousands of excessive force cases have followed Graham, In the that courts have analyzed the question of what in determining whether the Fourth is objectively reasonable. Most recently, in Scott v. Harris, the Court emphasized that Amendment was violated there is no avoiding the necessity of "slosh[ing] through the our way morass of 'reasonableness.'" The cases analyzing the excessive force standard have factbound arisen in a variety of factual scenarios, including: termination of high speed chases, shootings, use of restraints, beatings, and use of police dogs. Actions based on excessive force are some of the most common civil rights claims and consume a large portion of federal courts' docket. § 1983 Article: Excessive Reasonableness, 43 Ind. L. Rev. 117 *
AT Court Clog Non-unique – tons of cases brought against officers every year Hassel 09 Diana Hassel, Professor, Roger Williams University School of Law. B.A., 1979, Mount Holyoke College; J.D., 1985, Rutgers University School of Law at Newark. “Excessive Reasonableness.” 43 Ind. L. Rev. 117 [Premier] In the thousands of excessive force cases that have followed Graham, courts have analyzed the question of what is objectively reasonable. Most recently, in Scott v. Harris, the Court emphasized that in determining whether the Fourth Amendment was violated there is no avoiding the necessity of "slosh[ing] our way through the factbound morass of 'reasonableness.'" The cases analyzing the excessive force standard have arisen in a variety of factual scenarios, including: termination of high speed chases, shootings, use of restraints, beatings, and use of police dogs. Actions based on excessive force are some of the most common civil rights claims and consume a large portion of federal courts' § 1983 docket. Article: Excessive Reasonableness, 43 Ind. L. Rev. 117 *
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