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Task: Deadly Force
Scott v. Harris, 550 U.S. 372 (2007).
“Garner did not establish a magical on/off switch that triggers rigid
preconditions whenever an officer’s actions constitute deadly
force.”
Garner’s was an application of the reasonableness test to a fleeing
unarmed subject. Its reach does not apply to every use of deadly
force.
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