As a result of reading this chapter, you will be able to

1. Describe the test used for determining whether police use of force was reasonable or unreasonable
2. Assess police use of force in terms of the current state of police-community (particularly minority group) relations resulting from a number of widely publicized, fatal police shootings and the Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter movements
3. Define constitutional policing, legitimacy, procedural justice, and consent decrees as they apply to police efforts to bring harmony to their whole approach—and to achieve a “guardian” rather than “soldier” mindset