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Excessive Use of Force? Watch the Video and Decide for Yourself

By Ron Chapman

          In a recent federal case called Buckley v. Haddock, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals was asked to decide whether a deputy sheriff's repeated use of a taser gun while trying to arrest a motorist by the side of the road in Washington County, Florida constituted excessive use of force in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.  In ruling that the deputy did not use excessive force, the Court stated:           "Needless to say, officers acting alone may not always use any and all force necessary to complete an arrest without assistance.  If Deputy Rackard had used more severe techniques (beaten [the motorist's] head with a club or shot him, for example), this case would be a different case...continue to full post

Full post as published by Palm Beach Criminal Defense Blog on September 20, 2008 (boomark / email).