Roger Poole v. City of Shreveport

EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises out of the alleged use of excessive force in the arrest of Roger L. Poole (“Poole”) following a traffic stop in Shreveport, Louisiana. Poole, the Plaintiff-Appellant, appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment for the defendants on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims. We AFFIRM.

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This case arises out of allegedly excessive force that Poole contends two officers used against him. A videotape, captured by a camera mounted on a police car, recorded most of the events underlying Poole’s claims.1

Corporal J. Creighton (“Creighton”), a member of…