Woman Shot by Police Wins Supreme Court Seizure Case (2)

A woman who was shot by police but got away won her U.S. Supreme Court case over what it means to be seized under the Fourth Amendment.

In a 5-3 ruling on Thursday authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court said “the application of physical force to the body of a person with intent to restrain is a seizure, even if the force does not succeed in subduing the person.”

Roberts was joined by Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Brett Kavanaugh in the dispute that pit groups seeking greater police accountability against law enforcement supporters who ...