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Law's Ayesha Bell Hardaway discusses the fourth amendment amid hospital's blanket detention policy

Media | December 05, 2025 | Story by: Editorial Staff
Media Expert: Ayesha Bell Hardaway

He brought a gunshot victim to the Cleveland Clinic. Hospital police cuffed and detained him

Signal Cleveland: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, professor of law and the director of the Social Justice Institute, said a local hospital's blanket detention policy is “an unreasonable act in and of itself,” likely violating Fourth Amendment protections. Other experts echoed her concerns after a Cleveland man was handcuffed and detained for bringing a gunshot victim to the ER, questioning the constitutionality and potential chilling effect of the hospital's approach.