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Police Use of Force: Rules, Remedies, and Reforms
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This report addresses three overarching questions to provide legal context for the debate concerning the appropriate level of force police officers should wield: (1) what are the constitutional rules governing an officer's use of force; (2) what role has Congress played in providing a remedy for a violation of these rules; and (3) what are the potential reforms to these rules and remedies?
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Description
This report addresses three overarching questions to provide legal context for the debate concerning the appropriate level of force police officers should wield: (1) what are the constitutional rules governing an officer's use of force; (2) what role has Congress played in providing a remedy for a violation of these rules; and (3) what are the potential reforms to these rules and remedies?
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Thompson, Richard M., II.Police Use of Force: Rules, Remedies, and Reforms,
report,
October 30, 2015;
Washington D.C..
(https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc795772/:
accessed March 7, 2021),
University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.