Garner plus five years: An examination of Supreme Court intervention into police discretion and legislative prerogatives

This paper examines legislative changes, state attorney general activities, and early federal case law following the 1985 United States Supreme Court holding in Tennessee v. Gamer that laws authorizing police use of deadly force to apprehend fleeing, unarmed, non-violent felony suspects violated the...

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Authors: Fyfe, James J. (Author) ; Walker, Jeffery T. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 1990
In: American journal of criminal justice
Year: 1990, Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Pages: 167-188
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Keywords:
Police Chief
United States Supreme
Fourth Amendment
Attorney General
Police Officer