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Tight Handcuffs on Arrestee Violates Fourth Amendment
Placing excessively tight handcuffs on an Pennsylvania arrestee and needlessly failing
to loosen them for ten minutes, resulting in permanent nerve damage, would
constitute excessive force under the Fourth Amendment under the
circumstances alleged, where the officer was not in a dangerous situation.
See: Kopec v. Tate, 361 F.3d 772 ...
to loosen them for ten minutes, resulting in permanent nerve damage, would
constitute excessive force under the Fourth Amendment under the
circumstances alleged, where the officer was not in a dangerous situation.
See: Kopec v. Tate, 361 F.3d 772 ...
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