I had thought about this if I ever get pulled over in a traffic stop and asked to walk a straight line, at least now I could do it. The touch your nose with alternating hands/fingers would be a complete failure.
http://www.everydayhealth.com/stroke/1115/stroke-victim-wins-a-milllion-dollars-against-lapd.aspx
A Los Angeles man whose left arm was weakened
by a stroke was awarded $1.59 million after city police officers complicated
his condition by "maliciously" handcuffing the 56-year-old.
So
appalled was the jury by the testimony of Los Angeles police officers that they
ordered one officer to pay $90,000 out of pocket after finding “clear
and convincing evidence” that he acted maliciously toward Allen
Harris, according to court records and Harris'
attorney V. James DeSimone.
LAPD officers detained
Harris at his home Nov. 10, 2009, while investigating an armed robbery at a
store where Harris' son worked. The son was a suspect. Police were there to
search the Harris' apartment.
After the son was arrested,
officers ordered the elder Harris to turn around, put his hands above his head,
and walk backward to them, said DeSimone.
But Harris was
physically unable
to raise his left arm because of his disability, he told police. He
raised his right arm but implored the police to understand that his left arm
would not respond. Officers and Harris' neighbor testified that Harris had been
cooperative.
The rest at the link.
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