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[The Supreme Court]('https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/judiciary/supreme-court') on Monday ruled that a Vermont state police sergeant is entitled to qualified immunity in a lawsuit brought by a protester who said she was injured when an officer used a wristlock to remove her from a sit-in at the state capitol.
The case arose from a 2015 sit-in by healthcare protesters at the Vermont capitol on Gov. Peter Shumlin's inauguration day. After the building closed, [police moved]('https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/police-and-law-enforcement') to arrest demonstrators who refused to leave. According to the opinion, protester Shela Linton remained seated and linked arms with others.
Zorn warned her he would have to use force, then took her arm, placed it behind her back, applied pressure to her wrist and lifted her to her feet. Linton later sued, alleging physical and [SIZE=5]psychological injuries. [/SIZE]
Obviously psychological problems BEFORE this incident.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented, joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson. She argued the court had improperly stepped in with the "extraordinary remedy of a summary reversal" and said a jury could find the officer used excessive force against a nonviolent protester engaged in passive resistance.
"The majority today gives officers license to inflict gratuitous pain on a nonviolent protestor even where there is no threat to officer safety or any other reason to do so," she concluded.
Simple..........................obey the orders given by a LEO. And all would be fine.
