Excessive Force and Police Brutality

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Across
  1. 4. amendment that prohibits cruel and unusual treatment
  2. 5. amendment about reasonable search and seizure amendment
  3. 7. (2 words) excessive force during an arrest is often called ______ _______
  4. 8. (2 words) the last step on the use of force specturm where officers use weapons such as firearms
  5. 10. an officer isn't allowed to _____ criminals who no longer pose a threat who are already successfully restrained and the situation has de-escalated
  6. 11. The courts look at the total circumstance to determine whether the actions were excessive force or objectively ________
  7. 13. (2 words) using mere presence on the use of force spectrum
  8. 14. in order to be considered reasonable and compliant to the US constitution, the use of _______ force must stop when the need for force cesases.
Down
  1. 1. in the supreme court case of Tennessee v. Garner the court found that police used ecessive force by ______ an unarmed, non-threatening teenager.
  2. 2. (3 words) using physical bodily force through grabs, holds, punches or kicks
  3. 3. a step on the use of force spectrum where officers use verbal statements , from non-threatening requests to direct orders
  4. 6. courts can give officers qualified _______ meaning this protects the officer from civil liability (law suits) as long as they were reasonably performing their duty.
  5. 8. _____ _____ Methods is when you use weapons like a boaton, chemical sprays, tasers, police dogs (2 words)
  6. 9. a person may file a __________ with the US department of justice to investigate a constiutional violation of excessive force.
  7. 12. ______ force can only be used during an arrest to prevent an escape and if the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death