Perspective
May 30, 2015
Case threw high court a curveball
The assumed facts in San Francisco v. Sheehan are a bit harrowing, but the Supreme Court's ruling turned out to have more to do with its own procedures. By Richard M. Re
Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court decided San Francisco v. Sheehan, which involved a confrontation between police and a mentally ill woman whom they
repeatedly shot. The assumed facts are a bit harrowing - the plaintiff, who survived
the encounter, had previously chased two officers out of her room by threatening to
kill them with a kitchen knife - but the court's ruling turned...
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