Former officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Justin Smith, Emmitt Martin III and Desmond Mills, Jr. have all been charged with one count of second-degree murder, aggravated assault-acting in concert, two counts of aggravated kidnapping, two counts of official misconduct and one count of official oppression, court records show.
Legally, any use of force by law enforcement must be objectively reasonable, but we should also consider whether it is necessary.
An Eighth Circuit case hinged on whether a suspect could be questioned while under pain meds in the hospital.
The lawsuit states that surviving children experience nightmares, severe anxiety, emotional changes, anger, separation anxiety and thoughts of suicide.
Officers using pepper spray have to be able to justify that use of force under Graham v. Connor.