Cox v. Wilson

Tenth Circuit law is that “[t]he reasonableness of the use of force depends not only on whether the officers were in danger at the precise moment that they used force, but also on whether the officers’ own reckless or deliberate conduct during the seizure unreasonably created the need to use such force”; jury instruction to that effect was not required in this case because officer was protected by qualified immunity for his alleged recklessness in leaving his vehicle to approach plaintiff in his car.