#grahamvconnor

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The practical outcome of the addition of “split-second” decision making to the criteria of “reasonableness” has been the extension of the authority of the sovereign to each officer. This is particularly exemplified by the frequency with which officers use violent force in the absence of aggressive, physical violence from civilians. The discretion given to officers — legally instantiated in Graham v Connor and in the principle of “split-second decisions” — in use-of-force continuums allows these policies to be merely heuristic devices at best, and most frequently as ornaments. Because these policies go out the window in “split-seconds,” officers are given the authority to suspend the rule of law, and to make a determination of who will live and die, who will be secure and who will be maimed. This both classifies uniformed officers as petty sovereigns, and generates a state of exception anywhere an officer is present.