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The following contains editorial content written by a retired Chief of Police and current staff writer for Law Enforcement Today.
A 1989 Supreme Court case,
Graham v. Connor (490 U.S. 386) established the precedent used by police agencies across the country today, imposing a “reasonableness” standard in police deadly force cases. Now, 32 years later there are some who say that standard needs to be revisited due to the fallacy being put forth that police use of deadly force cases unfairly target people of color.
In the 1989 case, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, writing in the majority opinion, spoke to a “reasonableness” standard; in other words, police need to meet a standard of what a reasonable officer might do.