Duncan v. Bibb County Sheriff's Department

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA WESTERN DIVISION ) Ricky Duncan, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) 7:19-cv-00447-LSC ) Deputy Jimmy Ward, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) MEMORANDUM OF OPINION Police officers “are often forced to make split-second judgments—in circumstances that are tense, uncertain, and rapidly evolving—about the amount of force that is necessary in a particular situation.” Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386, 396–97 (1989). Deputy Jimmy Ward and Officer Shane Deason made a split-second judgment to use deadly force when, after an extended car chase, the plaintiff…