Download This Paper‘Alto, Cabron. A Ver Las Manos’: A Police Officer's Expectations of Instant Obedience When a Civilian Does Not Speak English - A Comment on United States v. Parker
28 Pages Posted: 10 Jan 2018
Date Written: 2016
Abstract
Analyzes a notorious federal court ruling absolving an Alabama police officer who threw an unarmed, slightly built Indian grandfather to the ground, injuring him badly, when the grandfather, who spoke little English, was slow to respond to commands.
Keywords: official english, use of force, police brutality, international tourism
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Delgado, Richard and Stefancic, Jean, ‘Alto, Cabron. A Ver Las Manos’: A Police Officer's Expectations of Instant Obedience When a Civilian Does Not Speak English - A Comment on United States v. Parker (2016). 68 Ala. L. Rev. Online 101 (2016), U of Alabama Legal Studies Research Paper No. 3099033, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3099033
Jean Stefancic
Seattle University School of Law ( email )
901 12th Avenue, Sullivan Hall
P.O. Box 222000
Seattle, WA n/a 98122-1090
United States
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