Grant v. City of Twin Falls

BISTLINE, Justice.

On August 21, 1982, Curtis and Robert Grant were involved in an altercation at the Windbreak Bar in Twin Falls. The bar’s bouncer executed a citizen’s arrest of the two brothers. The police were called and the brothers were taken into custody. The manner in which that was done is disputed. The brothers allege that the officers provoked a confrontation; the police disagree.

What happened at the police station is also a matter of dispute. All parties agree, however, that somehow the Grant brothers and Officer Axtman ended up alone in a room. Axtman maintains that the brothers…