The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a Georgia police officer’s actions of running his vehicle into a suspect’s moving car to end a high-speed car chase were reasonable under the Fourth Amendment. The suspect, Victor Harris, sued Timothy Scott, a Coweta County sheriff’s deputy, after becoming paralyzed when he lost control of his vehicle.
The Court reversed the Eleventh Circuit’s decision allowing the case to go forward and held that law enforcement can attempt to stop a motorist without fear of civil rights lawsuits, when others may reasonably be at risk of serious physical injury.
The case is Scott v. Harris, 05-1631.
Source: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070430/D8OR07AG0.html
