Williams v. Miami-Dade County

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 23-CV-24530-RAR SHANIECE WILLIAMS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, et al., Defendants. ______________________________________________/ ORDER ON MOTIONS TO DISMISS The Fourth Amendment protects against the government’s use of excessive force during the course of a search or seizure. Accordingly, the Supreme Court has held “the use of deadly force to prevent the escape of all felony suspects, whatever the circumstances, is constitutionally unreasonable.” Tennessee v. Garner,

471 U.S. 1, 11

(1985). This case concerns the…