McHenry Forum - Crash Reconstruction & Simulation

Here's the UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ruling in [url=http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2010/06/18/08-55622.pdf]Bryan v Coronado Police, et al[/url]
CONCLUSION
[list]Viewing the facts, as we must, in the light most favorable to Bryan, we conclude, for the purposes of summary judgment, that Officer MacPherson used unconstitutionally excessive force. However, a reasonable officer confronting the circumstances faced by Officer MacPherson on July 24, 2005, could have made a reasonable mistake of law in believing the use of the taser was reasonable. [b]Accordingly we REVERSE the district court’s denial of summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity.[/list]
REVERSED.[/b]

June 19, 2010: [i]And on a lighter note...[/i]Wear your seat-belt or be Tasered!
Well not exactly. But apparently a seat-belt violater in San Diego, after being stopped by the police for not wearing his seat-belt, and then exiting his vehicle and proceeding to act strangly and then approaching the police officer, who told him to stop, but he didn't, so...he was Tasered.
[i][b]Ouch![/b][/i]
So then he sued.
then lost.
then won.
and now lost!
or something like that.
See [url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/19/BAN11E1BIM.DTL]Court dismisses seat-belt violator's Taser suit[/url]
Bottom line is...[size=150][b]ALWAYS wear your seat-belt! [/b][/size]
and secondly,
[b]LISTEN and OBEY to commands from police officers, particularly when they say to STOP![/b]