Kelli Leanne Page is seen being grabbed by the arm and thrown head-first into the concrete floor. Source: Coryell County jail video.
In a wrongful death excessive force case, a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit opinion at times read like a “here we go again” admonition to district court judges that they must pay equal attention to plaintiffs’ evidence.
The opinion reiterated the appellate court’s history on establishing criteria for determining excessive force and pointed to numerous errors district court judges continue to make when they dismiss lawsuits brought against law enforcement agencies.
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