Police Response to Threat by Person with Mental Illness

[摘要] policeschizophreniaforcekilleddisabilitiesPolice Use of Deadly Force in Response to Threat Made by Man with Mental Illness Does Not Violate the Fourth Amendment or the Americans with Disabilities ActIn King v. Hendricks Cnty. Comm'rs, 954 F.3d 981 (7th Cir. 2020), the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals considered whether the District Court for the Southern District of Indiana's decision to grant summary judgment in favor of police was correct. Matthew King, father and representative of the estate of decedent Bradley King, asserted that the police violated the decedent's Fourth Amendment rights by using excessive force; that the county failed to provide adequate training to police in how to de-escalate situations with persons with mental illness; and that the police violated the decedent's Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) rights. The court upheld the defendant's grant of summary judgment on the Fourth Amendment claim and ruled that the training and ADA claims failed.

[学科分类] 儿科学

[关键词] police;schizophrenia;force;killed;disabilities