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Heroin use evidence admissible in excessive force case 

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    • February 19, 2013

Police officers sued for using excessive force could introduce evidence of the victim’s heroin use before an arrest, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in affirming a defense verdict.
The plaintiff sued several Chicago police officers under §1983, alleging that they used excessive force when they arrested » […]

Original post by http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/02/19/heroin-use-evidence-admissible-in-excessive-force-case/

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