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It determines whether officers face liability based on the full context or only the final act. The outcome shapes the standard for evaluating deadly force in traffic stops."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 29, lines 29-33","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-1239_09m1.pdf","page_label":"file page 29, lines 29-33"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 23-9","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-1239_09m1.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 23-9"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 53, lines 47-49","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-1239_09m1.pdf","page_label":"file page 53, lines 47-49"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 67, lines 45-49","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-1239_09m1.pdf","page_label":"file page 67, lines 45-49"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 82, lines 13-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-1239_09m1.pdf","page_label":"file page 82, lines 13-21"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 91, lines 47-31","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-1239_09m1.pdf","page_label":"file page 91, lines 47-31"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. 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