The deadly force script : how the police in America defend the use of excessive force / William Harmening.

"The job of the expert witness is to offer opinions about a case based on a subjective understanding and analysis of the evidence. It is the nature of litigation that the opposing side will always dispute those opinions and offer their own counter-opinions. The opinions offered in this book about th...

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Main Author: Harmening, William M. (Author)
Corporate Author: American Bar Association. Section of State and Local Government Law (sponsoring body.)
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : American Bar Association, State and Local Government Law Section, [2021]
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Physical Description:x, 252 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a A state of mind -- The case of Kajieme Powell : St. Louis, Missouri : an accidental expert : leveling the playing field -- The case of Cedrick Chatman : Chicago, Illinois : how the police justify shooting an unarmed suspect in the back -- The deadly force theater : those who make the wheels turn and those who attempt to apply the brakes -- The case of Dontre Hamilton : Milwaukee, Wisconsin : the thousand-yard stare : how the police use a misunderstood phenomenon to create an illusion of danger -- The case of Michael Brown : Ferguson, Missouri : the myth of the superhuman black man : how the police weaponize negative stereotypes -- The case of John Deming Jr. : Pleasanton, California : the de-escalation paradox : who responds when it is the police who need to be de-escalated? -- The case of Anthony Soderberg : Los Angeles, California : perceptual distortion : how the police strategically see things that are not there and fail to see things that are -- The case of Michael Dial : White County, Tennessee : the vehicle pursuit : Pavlov's bell for a deadly ending -- The case of Nicholas Dyksma : Columbus, Georgia : compressional asphyxia : how the police conceal and defend a deadly tactic -- The case of Isaiah Murrietta : Fresno, California : the waistband defense : when the police reach for an excuse -- The case of Drew Edwards : Maquoketa, Iowa : excited delirium : a popular excuse with deadly consequences -- The case of Jorge Ramirez : Bakersfield, California : contagious fire : when one shoots, they all shoot -- The case of Tommy Le : Seattle, Washington : how the police can turn anything (even an ink pen) into a deadly weapon -- The case of Bryan Carreño : Santa Barbara, California : suicide by cop : the perfect justification for a perfectly unjustified shooting -- The case of John Cruz Jr. : Edgewater, Colorado : the cost of being expendable -- The case of George Floyd : Minneapolis, Minnesota : lessons learned and the path forward. 
520 |a "The job of the expert witness is to offer opinions about a case based on a subjective understanding and analysis of the evidence. It is the nature of litigation that the opposing side will always dispute those opinions and offer their own counter-opinions. The opinions offered in this book about the cases discussed have all previously been disclosed in publicly available expert witness reports and court documents. They are just that, opinions. Only a judge or jury can rule on the ultimate issue of guilt or innocence"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
520 |a "How many times have you read a news story about someone being shot by the police while reaching for their waistband? Or about an officer who testified at trial that the person he shot during a physical struggle had superhuman strength or a thousand-yard stare in his eyes? and how many times have you watched a police chief or sheriff during a press conference invoke the "21-foot rule" to justify their officer's killing of a mentally ill person whith a knife? These and a host of other verbal devices are what author William Harmening calls the "deadly force scrip." it is a strategy that has been empolyed with great success by the law enforcement community in the decades following the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Tennessee v. Garner (1985), the case that for the first time placed significant restrictions on a police officer's use of deadly force. It is a strategy that has gove relatively unnoticed by the general public, the media, elected prosecutors, and the judges and juries who must rule on the reasonableness of an officer's actions. Now, perhaps for the very first time, William Harmening pulls back the veil to expose the deadly force script for all to see. He does this in a unique and informative way by presenting actual case studies where the script was employed following a deadly police encouter, typically right under the unsuspecting noses of local media and the prosecutor tasked with deciding whether to criminally charge the officers involved. Anyone with an interest in the twin ideals of an equitable system of justice and a professional and bias-free police force with find William Harmening's presentation both fascinating and enlightening."--  |c Unedited summary from book. 
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