Tag: #FalseArrest

Braswell v. Wollard

In Braswell v. Wollard, the plaintiff bought cat food at the defendant’s bodega. They disputed whether the plaintiff paid with a ten or twenty dollar bill. The dispute ended with

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Harvard v. Cesnalis

Read the 3rd Circuit’s opinion in Harvard v. Cesnalis. It is equal parts sad and unbelievable. In this Section 1983 suit, the police believed a (White) violent attacker’s implausible story,

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