Tenth Circuit Holding on Police Shootings
Defining a “Seizure” Under the Fourth Amendment
Early in the morning on July 15, 2014, New Mexico State Police officers went to an apartment complex in Albuquerque to arrest a woman, Kayenta Jackson, who was “involved with an organized crime ring.” The officers saw two individuals standing in front of the woman’s apartment next to a Toyota FJ Cruiser. The Cruiser was backed into a parking spot, with cars parked on both sides of it. The officers, who were wearing tactical vests with police markings, decided to make contact with the two individuals in case one was the subject of their arrest warrant. …
