Police Misconduct

A federal judge denied New York police officers a retrial of the excessive-force lawsuit they lost after arresting a doctor over a parking ticket, because they <a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Police-misconduct.pdf"><strong>fabricated evidence</strong></a>; the doctor may accept $200,000 in damages or ask for a retrial on damages only.

MANHATTAN — A federal judge denied New York police officers a retrial of the excessive-force lawsuit they lost after arresting a doctor over a parking ticket, because they fabricated evidence ; the doctor may accept $200,000 in damages or ask for a retrial on damages only.

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