Graham entered the store, Graham took note of the police car parked across from the store but didn’t give it a second thought. Graham asked a friend to drive him to a local convenience store so that he could purchase orange juice to counteract the insulin reaction. In a rare moment of clarity, the members of the court were of the opinion that what is now regarded as an “objective reasonableness” standard should apply to a civilian’s claim that a member of law enforcement used what they believe to be excessive force in the course of attempting to make an arrest, or to conduct an investigatory stop, or some other “seizure” of the person.Īnd so it was that on November 12th, 1984, Dethorne Graham, a maintenance worker for the North Carolina Department of Transportation, and a diagnosed diabetic, had the feeling that he was at the beginning of a diabetic reaction and that he needed sugar to offset the insulin he had recently taken. Connor came before the United States Supreme Court, a case which to many outside the legal system seemed irrelevant, a case in which the Courts would see fit to create a new legal standard. However, there are instances of note which has mostly gone unheard of by the people. Many instances are sensationalized in the media. The subjects of use of force and search-and-seizures are controversial topics in the media regarding the Criminal Justice field today.
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