Zorn v. Linton · ¶21

Given that this case is at the summary judgment stage, the Court must “view the evidence . . . in the light most favorable to” Linton, the nonmovant, “with respect to the central facts of this case.” Tolan v. Cotton, 572 U. S. 650, 657 (2014) (per curiam). Before Sergeant Zorn's interaction with Linton, officers had arrested 15 or 16 demonstrators: The “officers tapp[ed] some of the demonstrators' shoulders or sp[oke] briefy with them before the officers placed them under arrest.” App. to Pet. for Cert. 44 (App.). “Some of the arrestees voluntarily stood up after officers approached them,” while the “[o]ffcers lifted the demonstrators who did not stand up voluntarily and escorted, dragged, or carried them out of the chamber.” Ibid. “Consistent with the concept of a nonviolent sit-in protest, . . . none of [the demonstrators] attacked the officers or used any form of violence.” Id., at…

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