In the Supreme Court of the United States, County of Los Angeles, Deputy Christopher Conley, and Deputy Jennifer Pederson, petitioners, v. Angel Mendez and Jennifer Lynn Garcia, respondents : on writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit : brief of amici curiae, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Policy Council on Law Enforcement and the Mentally Ill, in support of respondents

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Ehlies, William Harry, II, author

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Summary

The case concerns the validity of the 9th Circuit's 'provocation rule," which makes a police officer's otherwise reasonable use of force unreasonable if it provokes a violent provocation.