“As in other Fourth Amendment contexts, however, the “reasonableness” inquiry in an excessive force case is an objective one: the question is whether the officers’ actions are “objectively reasonable” in light of the facts and circumstances confronting them, without regard to their underlying intent or motivation.”
Boiled down to simple statement: The officers’ actions were not reasonable.
Boiled down to simple statement: The officers’ actions were not reasonable.
But that would only go to a section 1983 civil suit for violation of constitutional rights. A murder or manslaughter charge requires proof that the defendant caused the death of the decedent, not that he violated a policy and thereby violated the Fourteenth Amendment rights of the decedent.