Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
1-10-2018
SSRN Discipline
Legal Scholarship Network; Criminal Law & Procedure eJournals; Law School Research Papers - Legal Studies; Law & Society eJournals; Law & Society: Public Law eJournals; LSN Subject Matter eJournals; Criminal Justice Research Network; Cognitive Science Network; Political Science Network; CJRN Subject Matter eJournals
Abstract
Analyzes a notorious federal court ruling absolving an Alabama police officer who threw an unarmed slightly built Indian grandfather to the ground injuring him badly when the grandfather who spoke little English was slow to respond to commands
Recommended Citation
Jean Stefancic & Richard Delgado,
"Alto, Cabrón. A Ver Las Manos": A Police Officer's Expectations of Instant Obedience When a Civilian Does Not Speak English - A Comment on United States v. Parker,
(2018).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.ua.edu/fac_working_papers/77