I'm Dr. Joshua Schwimmer, a nephrologist and internal medicine physician in New York City. • Kidney Notes was the first active nephrology blog. (Trivia: Kidney Notes is so old that the National Library of Medicine still uses it as an example of how to formally cite blogs.) • Professionally, you can find me at Kidney.nyc. • Kidney Notes is for educational purposes only, not medical advice. Consult qualified health care professionals. See disclaimer.

Saturday, December 6, 2014

"The case that gave rise to the court’s “reasonableness” standard — and ultimately had such impact on..."

“The case that gave rise to the court’s “reasonableness” standard — and ultimately had such impact on cases such as Michael Brown’s in Ferguson, Mo., and Garner’s in New York — involved a man named Dethorne Graham, a diabetic with low blood sugar thought to be drunk when stopped by police in Charlotte, N.C., in 1984.”

- Why it’s so difficult to charge police officers who kill

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