Editing Use of force (section)

===''Graham v. Connor'' (1989)===
On November 12, 1984, Graham, who was a diabetic, felt an insulin reaction coming on and rushed to the store with a friend to get some orange juice. When the store was too crowded, he and his friend went to another friend's house. In the midst of all this, he was being watched by Officer Connor, of the [[Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department|Charlotte City Police Department]] police department. While on their way to the friend's house, the officer stopped the two of them and called for backup. After several other officers arrived, one of them [[handcuffs|handcuffed]] Graham. Eventually, when Connor learned that nothing had happened in the convenience store, the officers drove Graham home and released him. Over the course of the encounter, Graham sustained a broken foot, cuts on his wrists, a bruised forehead and an injured shoulder. In the resulting case, ''[[Graham v. Connor]]'' (1989), the Supreme Court held that it was irrelevant whether Connor acted in good faith, because the use of force must be judged based on its objective reasonableness.<ref>{{cite web|title=Graham vs. Connor |url=http://law.uark.edu/documents/Bailey-CrimPro-Graham-v.-Connor.pdf |access-date=August 4, 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021064117/http://law.uark.edu/documents/Bailey-CrimPro-Graham-v.-Connor.pdf |archive-date=October 21, 2014 }}</ref> In determining the "objective reasonableness" of force, the court set out a series of three factors: "the severity of the crime," "whether there is an immediate threat to the safety of officers or others," and "whether the suspect is actively resisting arrest or evading".<ref>https://www.policeone.com/police-products/firearms/articles/1271618-How-police-officers-can-avoid-claims-of-excessive-force/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929135533/https://www.policeone.com/police-products/firearms/articles/1271618-How-police-officers-can-avoid-claims-of-excessive-force/ |date=September 29, 2019 }} citing Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386 (1989)</ref>