The charges against Richard Scavone—based on footage taken from his body camera—allege (PDF) that the 49-year-old officer grabbed the woman around the neck with his hand and "threw her to the ground" after she was handcuffed. [read post]

Burk Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Margaret Chon Professor of Law, Seattle University John Fitzgerald Duffy Professor of Law and Oswald Symister Colclough Research Professor of Law, George Washington University Baruch Fischhoff Howard Heinz University Professor of Social and Decision Sciences and Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University Jeanne Fromer Alexander Fellow, New York University School of Law Richard S. [read post]