California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Kevorkian v. L.A. Cnty. Sheriff's Dep't, B292769 (Cal. App. 2020):
because "it is standard practice for police officers to handcuff a suspect to eliminate the possibility of an assault when the suspect is taken into custody"].) But the officers' alleged refusal to loosen Kevorkian's handcuffs during the booking process after they had secured him and he complained of pain and requested medical attention, instead laughing at his predicament, was not objectively reasonable. (See Wall v. County of Orange (9th Cir. 2004) 364 F.3d 1107, 1112 ["On [plaintiff's] version of the facts, [officer] used excessive force in making the arrest and continuing the restraint by handcuffs that hurt and damaged [plaintiff's] wrist. . . . It is well-established that overly tight handcuffing can constitute excessive force." (Citations omitted.)]; LaLonde v. County of Riverside (9th Cir. 2000) 204 F.3d 947, 952 [officers conducting search used excessive force when they ignored arrestee's complaints his handcuffs were cutting off his circulation by telling the arrestee, whose skin was irritated from having been pepper-sprayed, that he would be fine if he held still].)
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