Tennessee V. Garner Case Analysis

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In the past, when an incident happened, the police were taken at their word that what they said happened was what really happened (Kandy & Fisher & Tate & Jenkins, 2015). Now, we are seeing the world of cell phones. Everyone records their run-ins with the police and posts them online. In 1985, the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Tennessee v. Garner that police would have to weigh the risks of using deadly force to letting the person go (Flanders & Welling, 2016).

Many states have moved to pass laws that would follow the wording of the Garner case (Flanders & Welling, 2016). In the Garner case, a felon was running away from an officer who had identified himself, and the suspect was shot in the back. Now, police need to judge if it is

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