No Qualified Immunity for Nine-Gunshot Case 
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Published: March 23, 2011
Tags: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Rights, Judge Roger L. Gregory
A reasonable police officer would have recognized that deadly force was no longer needed after plaintiff was injured and helpless with his back on the ground, and the 4th Circuit upholds denial of qualified immunity to a Baltimore police officer.
We take judicial notice of plaintiff’s conviction for kidnapping the officer and his acquittal of possession ...
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