We are currently litigating the defendants’ motion for summary judgment in Sawyer v. Asbury, et al. Our response contains a fairly thorough walkthrough of excessive force law for most types of excessive force claims. Of course this is tailored to the 4th Circuit as much as possible. But the law is similar throughout all of the circuits.
Two of the exhibits:
The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division appears to investigates state level departments thoroughly but how does it work within the DOJ with civil rights violations such as with the DEA, FBI and ATF? Is this handled internally too?