Green v. New Jersey State Police

The overarching question that this appeal has left me with is: where, how, and when were Green’s rights in this situation “clearly established”? How would a reasonable police officer have known that he, and his colleagues, could not have removed Green as they did from the backseat of a police vehicle, when Green, who was under the influence of drugs and alcohol and who ultimately had to be sedated and restrained, physically resisted his removal? The majority opinion has not answered this question. Fortunately, however, the Supreme Court has. In Brosseau v. Haugen, 543 U.S. 194, 125 S.Ct. 596,…