A Tennessee police officer does not have qualified immunity in an excessive force lawsuit over allegations he violated a man’s constitutional right by using a Taser on him when he was not armed or threatening, a federal appeals ruled on Feb. 13.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the district court’s ruling in Brown v. Weber to deny Decatur County Sergeant David Weber’s motion for summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity. Read the ruling here.
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