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Legal Case: The Petitioner Graham Case
Petitioner Graham was a diabetic that asked his friend to drive him to a convenience store to purchase orange juice to counteract the onset of an insulin reaction. On scene the respondent Connor (city police officer) made an investigative stop ordering them to wait until he found out what had happened in the convenience store. The respondents backup police officers decided to handcuff Graham and ignored/ and or rebuffed attempts to explain and treat Grahams condition. This case went to trial because Graham claimed that he sustained multiple injuries from the encounter and filed a law suit against this officer for violating his fourth amendment rights.
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