The Supreme Court ruling you are referring to is Graham vs. Connor (1989). In this case, the Court held that the use of force by law enforcement officers must be evaluated based on the "reasonableness" of the officer's actions at the moment, considering the circumstances they faced at that time, rather than with the benefit of hindsight.
In the Supreme Court ruling of _
_, the Justices ruled the use of force should be judged by the "reasonableness of the officer on the scene, rather
than with the 20/20 vision of hindsight". In other words, the officer's perspective at the moment of the crisis.
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Mapp vs Ohio (1961)
Miranda vs. Arizona (1966)
Graham vs. Conner (1989)
Tennessee vs. Garner (1985)
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