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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Bibliographic Details
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]
Subjects:
Police > United States > Cases.
Police shootings > United States > Cases.
Police brutality > United States > Cases.
Police.
Police shootings.
United States.
Digests.
Genre:
Cases.
Digests.
Physical Description:x, 252 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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.