CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:
May the police constitutionally force an arrested person to undergo a staged "perp walk" for the benefit of the press, when the walk serves no other law enforcement purpose? We hold that such a staged perp walk exacerbates the seizure of the arrestee unreasonably and therefore violates the Fourth Amendment. But we also hold that, because the Fourth Amendment right at issue was not clearly established until today's decision, the defendant...
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