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 <a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Civil-rights-3.pdf"><strong>no</strong> “<strong>clearly established constitutional right</strong></a> 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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