Legal Opinion
Leonard Askew v. City of Chicago, Illinois Frank E. Quinn III and Walter W. Puchalski
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 15, 2006No. 05-2194PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
According to a dispatch based on a 911 call, a black man driving a maroon car had pulled a gun near 103rd Street and Pulaski Avenue in Chicago. Police arrived swiftly and found Leonard Askew’s maroon car on the median that divides Pulaski’s lanes. They asked Askew, who is black, whether he had a gun; he said no, though a frisk turned up a knife. Craig Padgett and Carrie Lis, who had been standing at the side of the road, told the officers that during a road-rage incident Askew had brandished a knife and threatened to kill them. (Padgett accused Askew of hitting…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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