Legal Opinion
Carmer v. United States of America
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 18, 2025No. Civil Action No. 2022-1100Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELIZABETH CARMER, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 22-1100 (BAH) v. Judge Beryl A. Howell UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION On June 1, 2020, 56-year-old plaintiff Elizabeth Carmer was pushed to the ground and beaten with batons by law enforcement while at a protest over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man who was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer. As relevant here, plaintiff then sued the United States and various law enforcement officers for assault and battery under the Federal Tort Claims…
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- Owen v. City of IndependenceSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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