(DOWNLOAD) "Posr v. New York City Police Officer Kevin Doherty" by United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Posr v. New York City Police Officer Kevin Doherty
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- Release Date : January 10, 1991
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 76 KB
Description
Posr Amojo Posr appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, (Robert J. Sweet, Judge) following a jury trial on Posrs 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law tort claims arising from an altercation between him and several New York City Police officers, among them officers Kevin Doherty and Thomas Holihan, at a protest march for the homeless in New York City on February 14, 1987. At trial Posr claimed that he was unconstitutionally and unlawfully accosted, beaten, arrested, and jailed for forty hours, until he was able to post bail, on charges that were ultimately dropped.