Supreme Court rules for police in fatal car chase
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Tuesday
in Plumhoff v. Rickard that police officers who fatally shot a driver
to end a dangerous car chase did not violate the Fourth Amendment
[text]. The case was brought on appeal by six officers who claimed they
were entitled to qualified immunity [Cornell LII backgrounder] in a
civil lawsuit filed by the daughter of a man killed when he lost control
of his vehicle after being shot by police...
[more].
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