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Civil Rights

A federal judge granted qualified immunity to a Chicago Police Department instructor who struck a trainee in the head with a baton during training, sending him to the hospital, as there is no “clearly established constitutional right to be free from being hit intentionally by an instructor during a training session.”

CHICAGO — A federal judge granted qualified immunity to a Chicago Police Department instructor who struck a trainee in the head with a baton during training, sending him to the hospital, as there is no “clearly established constitutional right to be free from being hit intentionally by an instructor during a training session.”

Categories / Civil Rights, Personal Injury

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