California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Kevorkian v. L.A. Cnty. Sheriff's Dep't, B292769 (Cal. App. 2020):
a 'substantive due process' approach."]; Brown v. Ransweiler (2009) 171 Cal.App.4th 516, 527 [same].)7 "The reasonableness of th[e] use of force 'must be judged from the perspective of a reasonable officer on the scene, rather than with the 20/20 vision of hindsight.' [Citation.] The reasonableness inquiry is an objective one: 'whether the officers' actions are "objectively reasonable" in light of the facts and circumstances confronting them, without regard to their underlying intent or motivation.' [Citation.] In other words, '[a]n officer's evil intentions will not make a Fourth Amendment violation out of an objectively
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