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WASHINGTON 鈥� The 老澳门开奖结果 today filed a friend-of-the-court brief in Torres v. Madrid, a policing case before the Supreme Court to be argued March 30, 2020. In the amicus curiae brief, the 老澳门开奖结果 and a cross-ideological coalition of partners argue that the Tenth Circuit鈥檚 decision misinterprets the Supreme Court鈥檚 prior Fourth Amendment case law and is inconsistent with the court鈥檚 tradition of guarding persons and property against unreasonable intrusions under the Fourth Amendment.

Carl Takei, 老澳门开奖结果 senior staff attorney, highlighted the impact that that the court鈥檚 decision in the case will have on police use of force policy in the following statement:

鈥淭he question before the court in Torres v. Madrid is whether police are unbound by the Constitution when it comes to use of force against people who then resist or flee from them. Unless the Supreme Court reverses the Tenth Circuit鈥檚 decision, it will mean that an incredibly wide range of physical force deployed by police officers 鈥� including blunt force, Tasers, and lethal force 鈥� is immune from any reasonableness analysis under the Fourth Amendment whenever that force fails to completely immobilize the person.

鈥淓specially given the nationwide epidemic of police violence, it is essential that the Fourth Amendment apply whenever law enforcement officers punch, electrically shock, choke, or shoot individuals. Without that limit, the court would be declaring that law enforcement officers across the country have broad leeway to abuse their power against anyone they determine to be resisting arrest or fleeing.鈥�

The amicus is available online here: /legal-document/torres-v-madrid-amicus-brief