§ 1983 statute of limitations is determined by state law with respect to personal injury claims; general common law principles determine when a claim accrues; closest common law tort analogy to search and seizure claim is trespass and claim for trespass accrues when it is committed.
Claim of excessive force by police against escaped convict is judged under 8th Amendment standards.
For purposes of ruling on a motion for summary judgment, a district court may properly view the facts in the light depicted by bodycam footage and its accompanying audio, to the extent the footage and audio blatantly contradict testimonial evidence” (emphasis in original.
Where 911 caller reported that plaintiff had aimed a gun at him and officers stopped plaintiff’s car with guns drawn, handcuffed him, tried to put him in back of police car, and released him within minutes, stop did not transform into an arrest.