Opinion ID: 1463049
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Two segments

Text: For the excessive force analysis in this case, it is helpful to carve Officer Begin's actions into two segments. The first segment consists of the two minutes from the moment Begin confronted plaintiffs to just before the time of Dawson's handcuffing. The time following Dawson's handcuffing through Trooper Woodward's appearance on the scene comprises the second segment. As the district court noted, Dorsey and Clark contend that Begin continued to point his weapon for an unspecified of time even after they were handcuffed until Trooper Woodward arrived to take them to the police station. District court opinion at 8-9, JA 36-37. Begin, on the contrary, says he holstered his gun once Dawson finished handcuffing Clark and Dorsey. Begin aff. ¶ 7, JA 98. For this appeal, the court must credit plaintiffs' version of the facts. Berryman v. Rieger, 150 F.3d 561, 563 (6th Cir.1998).