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Plumhoff v. Rickard, 572 U.S. 765 (2014), is a United States Supreme Court case involving the use of force by police officers during high-speed car chases.After first holding that it had jurisdiction to hear the case, the Court held that the conduct of the police officers involved in the case did not violate the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits unreasonable searches ...
Scott v. Harris, 550 U.S. 372 (2007), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States involving a lawsuit against a sheriff's deputy brought by a motorist who was paralyzed after the officer ran his eluding vehicle off the road during a high-speed car chase. [1]
The officer chased Vigil to the intersection of Llano Street and St. Michael's Drive and rammed the suspect's car in what police call a "pursuit intervention technique," according to the news release.
What began as a lowkey car pursuit in Nashville ended with police throwing down spike strips on Interstate 65, the suspect bailing from the car and then getting hit by another car in Williamson ...
The shooting deaths of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams, two Black American individuals, occurred in East Cleveland, Ohio on November 29, 2012, at the conclusion of a 22-minute police chase which started in downtown Cleveland, when police erroneously claimed shots were fired at them as Russell and Williams drove by a squad car; the cause of the shots was their vehicle's exhaust pipe ...
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating a car chase that ended with Capitol Police officers shooting and injuring a suspect in Jackson, according to a Mississippi Department of ...
An Anchorage Police officer responded to a call concerning a man who was injured. When he was waiting for backup, a man with a knife ran at him before being fatally shot by the officer. Later police found that the suspect was the 911 caller. [4] 2024-09-29 Edward Johnson (37) Unknown Mesa, Arizona
The officer who was killed was identified as 30-year-old Austin Machitar, a "San Diego kid" who had been with the police department for around 5½ years, Wahl said. "Austin was the kind of guy who ...